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{{short description|Greek politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Maria Desylla-Kapodistria
| image       =
| alt         = Maria Desylla-Kapodistria
| caption     = Maria Desylla-Kapodistria
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| occupation  = Greek politician
| birth_date  = {{birth year|1898}}
| death_date  = {{Death year and age|1980|1898}}
| birth_place =
| death_place =
| office      = Mayor of [[Corfu]]
| term_start  = 15 April 1956
| term_end    = 9 May 1959
}}
'''Maria Desylla-Kapodistria''' ({{langx|el|Μαρία Δεσύλλα Καποδίστρια}}, 1898–1980) was the mayor of [[Corfu]] from 1956 until 1959. Her election as mayor on 15 April 1956 made her the first woman elected mayor of a city in the [[history of modern Greece]].<ref name="allcorfu">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcorfu.com/in-trivia.html|title=Corfu Trivia|publisher=allcorfu.com|accessdate=2015-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Municipality of Corfu |url=http://www.corfu.gr/en/proties/desila.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015102214/http://www.corfu.gr/en/proties/desila.htm |archive-date=15 October 2004 |website=corfu.gr}}</ref> She donated the land on which the [[Kapodistrias Museum]], established in 1981 in memory of her ancestor [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], considered the founder of the modern Greek state, lies today.
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[[Category:Mayors of Corfu (city)]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Greece]]
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[[Category:20th-century Greek women politicians]]
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[[Category:Politicians from Athens]]
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