Gamini Dissanayake vs Ioannis Kapodistrias

Dissanayake was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the UNP government under President Jayewardene. He implemented agricultural modernization programs, including irrigation projects and the promotion of high-yield crops, contributing to Sri Lanka's Green Revolution.

Dissanayake was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber during an election rally in Colombo. The bomb killed him and over 50 others. His death occurred just weeks before the presidential election, which was subsequently won by Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Dissanayake was selected as the presidential candidate for the United National Party (UNP) in the 1994 presidential election. He was a prominent UNP politician and had served as a minister under Presidents Jayewardene and Premadasa.

The Third National Assembly at Troezen elected Kapodistrias as Governor of Greece for a seven-year term. He arrived in Greece in January 1828 to lead the newly independent state, which was still fighting the Ottoman Empire for full independence.

Kapodistrias organized the first administrative system of independent Greece, creating ministries, a national bank, and a postal service. He also established the Philekpaideutiki Etaireia (Educational Society) to promote education and founded the first orphanage.

Kapodistrias secured the London Protocol of 1830, which recognized Greece as an independent sovereign state under the protection of Great Britain, France, and Russia. This diplomatic achievement ended the Greek War of Independence and established Greece's borders.

Kapodistrias was assassinated on the steps of the Church of Saint Spyridon in Nafplio by members of the Mavromichalis family, a powerful Maniot clan. His death plunged Greece into a period of civil war and instability, leading to the imposition of a monarchy.