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Yanko Mavroyani | |
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| Born | Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1841 Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman Greek |
Yanko Mavroyani or Jean de Mavroyeni was an Ottoman Greek diplomat.
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Yanko Mavroyani | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1841 Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman Greek |
Yanko Mavroyani or Jean de Mavroyeni was an Ottoman Greek diplomat.
He belonged to one of the prominent families of the Phanaroit Greek community. It is claimed that his roots trace back to the Venetian Morosini dynasty. He had rich estates on the islands of Cyclades, Paros, Tinos, and Mykonos. His father, Dimitraki, was mentioned as the governor of Mykonos, but the most famous member of the family was his uncle, Nikolaki Mavroyani, who was the voivode of Wallachia. With the patronage of Admiral Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Nikolaki Mavroyani was appointed to the position of voivode, but after his patron's death, he was accused of treason and executed. Following this event, Yanko Mavroyani, who had been his uncle's treasurer, fled to Vienna. During the period when Napoleon Bonaparte occupied Vienna, he represented the Ottoman subjects who were left without representation after the Ottoman Minister's flight. For his services, he was appointed as the first secretary to the embassy with a salary by the Ottoman Porte. In the following years, due to his good relations with the Ottoman Porte, he was appointed as the Ottoman diplomatic representative to Vienna instead of Argiropulos Efendi. There were objections to his appointment based on the argument that he had renounced his Ottoman citizenship and had become an Austrian citizen, which would be problematic for a foreign national to represent the Ottoman state. However, these objections were ignored, and Yanko Mavroyani began his duties on May 16, 1811. His service ended with the Greek War of Independence in 1821. The Ottoman Porte requested that he return to Istanbul, but fearing for his life, he sought refuge in Pressburg, Hungary, with the encouragement of Klemens von Metternich. After the signing of the 1829 London Protocol, he was able to return to Vienna. In 1832, he was reappointed as the Ottoman representative to Vienna by the Ottoman Porte. He was briefly sent to London as an extraordinary diplomat to secure British assistance in the matter of Mehmed Ali Pasha. His diplomatic mission in Vienna ended in 1836 when Ahmed Fethi Pasha was appointed as the Ottoman ambassador. However, as a reward for his services, he was appointed as the minister of the embassy in Vienna and continued in this position until his death in 1841. [1]