Eleftherios Venizelos

By Tzortzis Mathaios
  • Birth

    Birth

    Eleftherios K. Venizelos was born on August 23, 1864
  • As a politician

    As a politician

    As a politician he played an important role in the Cretan Question, as well as in Greek political events from 1910 until his death

  • Balkan wars

    He was the political protagonist of the doubling of Greece after the Balkan wars of 1912-1913.
  • World War I

    World War I

    During World War I he supported the Entente, openly disagreeing with the King's stance of neutrality.

  • He left Greece

    He returned to the prime ministership in the period 1917 - 1920 but left Greece after his defeat in the elections of November 1920.
  • Return to Greece

    Return to Greece

    He returned in 1924 for a few months and in 1928 was again elected prime minister

  • last time prime minister

    In January 1933 he became prime minister for the last time and in March 1935 after a coup attempt he fled to Paris

  • death

    Eleftherios K. Venizelos died on March 18, 1936 in Paris