Ioannis Kolettis manages the Greek parliament and…

Ioannis Kolettis manages the Greek parliament and achieves a virtual monopoly of administrative power by use of lavish bribes, intimidation, and a keen sensitivity to public opinion.

He also originates the Megali Idea (Great Idea), the concept that Greeks must be reunited by annexing Ottoman territory adjacent to the republic.

This irredentism, as the single idea that unites the disparate factions and regions of Greece following independence, will influence all of Greek foreign policy through the nineteenth century.