“we are not against the King, but against the Bulgarians”
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Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party, Venizelos served as prime minister of Greece for over 12 years, spanning eight terms from 1910 to 1933.
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culture · Prime Minister of Greece (1910–20; 1928–33) · politician · lawyer · writer · journalist · diplomat · head of government · also Eleftherios Venizelos, Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos, Venizelos
Born 23 August 1864 · Died 18 March 1936 · Q205545
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2026· 2 entries
Neos Kosmos: Canberra honours memory of Eleftherios Venizelos
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2025· 1 entry
Moviefone: Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 - Where to Watch
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1961· 1 entry
By Georgios Papandreou, became the ideological descendant of the Liberal Party
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1950· 1 entry
The son of Venizelos, Sophoklis Venizelos, succeeded as head of the Liberal Party at a time when an agreement was formed with the populists (name of the Royalist party) against the communists during the civil war
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1936· 1 entry
Died 1936-03-18.
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1933· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1933–1933).
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Venizelos was the target of a second assassination attempt
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1932· 2 entries
And 1933, In January of that year, Venizelos became prime minister for the last time, before a failed coup attempt tried to keep him in power
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1932–1932).
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1929· 1 entry
The Venizelos government, in an effort to avoid reactions from the lower classes whose conditions had worsened due to the wave of immigration, introduced the so-called Idionymon (#4229), a law that restricted civil liber
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1928· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1928–1932).
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1924–1924).
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1922· 1 entry
And the subsequent armed insurrection led by Colonels Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas, King Constantine was dethroned (and succeeded by his eldest son, George), and six royalist leaders were executed
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1917· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1917–1920).
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1916· 1 entry
“s policies. The effect of this was to further polarize the population between the royalists (also known as anti-Venezelists), who supported the crown, and Venizelists, who supported Venizelos. On 30 August 1916, Venizelist army officers organized a military coup in Thessaloniki, and proclaimed the”
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1915· 2 entries
Winston Churchill (then First Lord of the Admiralty) suggested that Greece take action in Dardanelles on behalf of the allies
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1915–1915).
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1911· 1 entry
Bulgarian students were invited to Athens
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1910· 3 entries
Of the Liberal Party, which contrasted with the Greek parties of that period
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1910–1915).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Cretan State (1910–1910).
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1909· 1 entry
Was invited to Athens to resolve the political deadlock and became Prime Minister
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1905· 1 entry
And the declaration of union with Greece following the Young Turk Revolution
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1899· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Cretan State (1899–1900).
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1886· 1 entry
Studied at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, law degree (1881–1886).
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1881· 1 entry
Enrolled at the University of Athens Law School and got his degree in Law with excellent grades
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1877· 1 entry
(where Greece's neutrality left the country out of the peace talks), he decided that the only way to settle the disputes with Ottoman Empire, was to join the other Balkan countries, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro, in an
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1864· 1 entry
Born 1864-08-23.
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1821· 1 entry
With his brother Hatzinikolos Venizelos and three more brothers, suggesting that his grandfather probably was Hatzipetros Venizelos, a merchant from Kythira
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