Vincenzo Gallina (1795,Ravenna - 1842,Aleppo), was anItalianCarbonari, a liberal lawyer[1] or merchant.[2] After the Carbonari revolution in 1821 he was exiled and went to Greece withLord Byron and Count Pietro Gamba, with whom he took part in the localwar of independence of 1821.[2] He collaborated withAlexandros Mavrokordatos andTheodoros Negris in drafting of the first Greek constitution, called theProvisional Constitution of Greece, which was approved on 1 January 1822 by theFirst National Assembly of Epidaurus of which he was a representative.[3] This Constitution was inspired by the Constitution drawn up during theFirst French Republic. He later traveled to Egypt and finally to Syria, where he died in the capitalAleppo at the age of 47.[2]