 Greece and Switzerland have a long tradition of relations.Before and during the Congress of Vienna in 1815 Ioannis Kapodistrias, a native of Corfu in the service of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, laboured successfully for reorganisation of the Swiss Confederation and for the international recognition of Swiss neutrality.In 1816, he became the first honorary citizen of the city of Lausanne and in 1827, the first Governor of the Hellenic State.