Eleftherios Venizelos

Biography

Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (Greek: Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος, romanized: Eleuthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As leader of the Liberal Party, he held office as prime minister of Greece for over 12 years, spanning eight terms between 1910 and 1933. During his governance, Venizelos modernized Greece by promoting liberal-democratic policies. Moreover, Greece was expanded through military and diplomatic cooperation with the Great Powers, and he profoundly shifted Greece from the eastern to the western domain of influence. Therefore, he has been labeled "The Maker of Mod...