Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Venizelos (full name Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, Greek: Ἐλευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος; 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was a Greek politician.[1][2][3] He served as Prime Minister of Greece serving from 1910 to 1920 and again from 1928 to 1932.
Elefthérios Venizélos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος | |
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 6 October 1910 – 25 February 1915 | |
| Monarch | George I Constantine I |
| Preceded by | Stefanos Dragoumis |
| Succeeded by | Dimitrios Gounaris |
| In office 10 August 1915 – 24 September 1915 | |
| Monarch | Constantine I |
| Preceded by | Dimitrios Gounaris |
| Succeeded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
| In office 14 June 1917 – 4 November 1920 | |
| Monarch | Alexander |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Succeeded by | Dimitrios Rallis |
| In office 24 January 1924 – 19 February 1924 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Stylianos Gonatas |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Kafantaris |
| In office 4 July 1928 – 26 May 1932 | |
| President | Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Succeeded by | Alexandros Papanastasiou |
| In office 5 June 1932 – 4 November 1932 | |
| President | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Papanastasiou |
| Succeeded by | Panagis Tsaldaris |
| In office 16 January 1933 – 6 March 1933 | |
| President | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Preceded by | Panagis Tsaldaris |
| Succeeded by | Alexandros Othonaios |
| Prime Minister of the Cretan State | |
| In office 2 May 1910 – 6 October 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Zaimis (as High Commissioner) |
| Minister of Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Cretan State | |
| In office 1908–1910 | |
| Minister of Justice of the Cretan State | |
| In office 17 April 1899 – 18 March 1901 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1864 Mournies, Crete, Ottoman Empire (now Eleftherios Venizelos, Crete, Greece) |
| Died | 18 March 1936 (aged 71) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Katelouzou (1891-1894) Elena Skylitsi (1921-1936) |
| Relations | Constantine Mitsotakis (nephew) |
| Children | Kyriakos Venizelos Sophoklis Venizelos |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Profession | Politician Revolutionary Legislator Lawyer Jurist Journalist Translator |
| Website | National Foundation Research "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" |
Eleftherios Venizelos Media
The house of Venizelos in Mournies.
Portrait of Kyriakos Venizelos, father of Eleftherios.
Venizelos at Akrotiri, 1897.
Ethnic composition of the Balkans according to the Atlas Général Vidal-Lablache, Librairie Armand Colin, Paris, 1898.
Ethnic composition map of the Balkans by the Greek diplomat Ioannis Gennadius, published by the English cartographer E. Stanford in 1877.
The council of Crete in which Venizelos participated. He is the second from the left.
Venizelos at the beginning of the 20th century.
A speech by Venizelos on 25 March 1905.
References
- ↑ Kitromilides, 2006, p. 178
- ↑ 'Liberty Still Rules' Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, Time, Feb. 18, 1924
- ↑ "Venizélos, Eleuthérios". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. (2008).
Other websites
Media related to Eleftherios Venizelos at Wikimedia Commons