Alexander Mavrokordatos the Exaporite

Alexander Mavrocordatos the Exaporite (1641–1709) was a Greek physician and statesman of the Mavrocordatos family. Educated at Rome, Padua and Bologna, he earned a medical doctorate in 1664 with a treatise on blood circulation before entering Ottoman service. In 1673 he became Grand Dragoman of the Porte.

As chief Ottoman negotiator of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 he received the title Keeper of Secrets and an imperial countship. His sons began the family's rule as hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia. He died in 1709.