First National Assembly at Epidaurus

[1] The majority of the representatives were local notables and clergymen from the Peloponnese, Central Greece and the islands.

Of the 59 representatives at the assembly, 20 were landowners, 13 were ship-owners, 12 were intellectuals, 4 were military leaders, 3 were archpriests, 3 were merchants.

The first document adopted by the assembly proclaimed the independence of the Greek nation from the Ottoman Empire.

The first paragraph was: It also passed a number of other important documents, including: The Assembly elected a five-member executive on 15 January 1822, which was presided over by Alexandros Mavrocordatos.

Another characteristic of the First National Assembly is the absence of any reference in the Constitution to the Filiki Eteria, although Dimitrios Ypsilantis, brother of Alexandros Ypsilantis and official representative of the Filiki Eteria, was appointed president of the legislature, a body controlled by the local notables.