Eleftherios Venizelos facts for kids
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Elefthérios Venizélos
Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος |
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 6 October 1910 – 25 February 1915 |
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| Monarch | George I Constantine I |
| Preceded by | Stefanos Dragoumis |
| Succeeded by | Dimitrios Gounaris |
| In office 10 August 1915 – 24 September 1915 |
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| Monarch | Constantine I |
| Preceded by | Dimitrios Gounaris |
| Succeeded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
| In office 14 June 1917 – 4 November 1920 |
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| Monarch | Alexander |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Succeeded by | Dimitrios Rallis |
| In office 24 January 1924 – 19 February 1924 |
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| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Stylianos Gonatas |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Kafantaris |
| In office 4 July 1928 – 26 May 1932 |
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| President | Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Succeeded by | Alexandros Papanastasiou |
| In office 5 June 1932 – 4 November 1932 |
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| President | Alexandros Zaimis |
| Preceded by | Alexandros Papanastasiou |
| Succeeded by | Panagis Tsaldaris |
| In office 16 January 1933 – 6 March 1933 |
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by | Alexandros Zaimis (as High Commissioner) |
| Minister of Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Cretan State | |
| In office 1908–1910 |
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| Minister of Justice of the Cretan State | |
| In office 17 April 1899 – 18 March 1901 |
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| 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 |
Eleftherios Venizelos (full name Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, Greek: Ἐλευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος; 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was a Greek politician. He served as Prime Minister of Greece serving from 1910 to 1920 and again from 1928 to 1932.
Images for kids
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The house of Venizelos in Mournies.
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Portrait of Kyriakos Venizelos, father of Eleftherios.
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Venizelos at Akrotiri, 1897.
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Ethnic composition of the Balkans according to the Atlas Général Vidal-Lablache, Librairie Armand Colin, Paris, 1898.
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Venizelos at the beginning of the 20th century.
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A speech by Venizelos on 25 March 1905.
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With the Serbian Prime Minister Nikola Pasic in 1913
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Venizelos with Constantine
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Demonstration in Greece during the Balkan Wars with the words "Long Live Venizelos".
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The "Triumvirate of National Defence" in Thessaloniki. L-R: Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, Venizelos, and General Panagiotis Danglis.
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The 1st Battalion of the National Defence army marches before the White Tower on its way to the front.
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French troops in Athens, with the Acropolis in the background, after the Noemvriana.
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Greek lithograph depicting Venizelos along with the principal Allied leaders of World War I, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Ferdinand Foch and Woodrow Wilson.
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Painting depicting Greek military units in the World War I Victory Parade in Arc de Triomphe, Paris. July 1919.
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Photo of the members of the commission of the League of Nations created by the Plenary Session of the Preliminary Peace Conference, Paris, France 1919. Venizelos is on the right.
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Caricature related to the 1920 parliamentary election, depicting Venizelos and his main political opponent Dimitrios Gounaris.
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With Kemal Atatürk in Ankara; 27 October 1930.
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A statue in Theriso, Crete.
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The council of Crete in which Venizelos participated. He is the second from the left.
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The committee for the drafting of a new constitution for Crete in 1906–07.
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The boundaries of the Balkan states before the Balkan Wars.
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Territorial changes as a result of the First Balkan war, as of April 1913.
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Venizelos reviews a section of the Greek army on the Macedonian front during the First World War, 1918. He is accompanied by Admiral Pavlos Koundouriotis (left) and General Maurice Sarrail (right).
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Map of Greater Greece after the Treaty of Sèvres, when the Megali Idea seemed close to fulfillment, featuring Eleftherios Venizelos.
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Eleftherios Venizelos on the cover of Time magazine, 18 February 1924.
