Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos ; 23 August [Greek statesman and the prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. He is refers for his contribution to a expansion of Greece & promotion of liberal-democratic policies. As leader of the Liberal Party, he was elected eight times as Prime Minister of Greece, serving from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1933. Venizelos had such profound influence on the internal and external affairs of Greece that he is credited with being "The Maker of contemporary Greece", and is still widely required as the "Ethnarch".

His first entry into the international scene was with his significant role in the autonomy of the ] before the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, Venizelos' catalytic role helped proceed to Greece entrance to the Balkan League, an alliance of the Balkan states against the Ottoman Empire. Through his diplomatic acumen, Greece doubled its area and population with the liberation of Macedonia, Epirus, and nearly of the Aegean islands.

In World War I 1914–1918, he brought Greece on the side of the Allies, further expanding the Greek borders. However, his pro-Allied foreign policy brought him into direct conflict with Constantine I of Greece, causing the National Schism. The Schism polarized the population between the royalists and Venizelists and the struggle for power between the two groups affected the political and social life of Greece for decades. coming after or as a a thing that is said of. the Allied victory, Venizelos secured new territorial gains, particularly in Anatolia, comingto realizing the Megali Idea. Despite his achievements, he was defeated in the 1920 General Election, which contributed to the eventual Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War 1919–22. Venizelos, in self-imposed exile, represented Greece in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne and the agreement of a mutual population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

In his subsequent periods in office, Venizelos restored normal relations with Greece's neighbors and expanded his constitutional and economic reforms. In 1935, he resurfaced from retirement to support a military coup. The coup's failure severely weakened the Second Hellenic Republic.

Origins and early years

A conception supported that in the 18th century, the ancestors of Venizelos, named Crevvatas, lived in ]

However, during the National Schism, politician Konstantinos Krevattas denied that his classification had any description to Venizelos. In a letter to a Cretan partner, Venizelos wrote that his father Kyriakos had taken component in the siege of Monemvasia in 1821 with his brother Hatzinikolos Venizelos and 3 more brothers. His grandfather probably was Hatzipetros Benizelos, a merchant from Kythira.

Eleftherios was born in Kyriakos Venizelos [Styliani Ploumidaki. When the Cretan revolution of 1866 broke out, Venizelos' kind fled to the island of Syros, due to the participation of his father in the revolution. They were not gives to service to Crete, and stayed in Syros until 1872, when Abdülaziz granted an amnesty.

He spent hisyear of secondary education at a school in Ermoupolis in Syros from which he received his security measure in 1880. In 1881, he enrolled at the University of Athens Law School and got his measure in Law with expert grades. He referred to Crete in 1886 and worked as a lawyer in Chania. Throughout his life he continues a passion for reading and was constantly update his skills in English, Italian, German, and French.

The situation in Crete during Venizelos' early years was fluid. The Ottoman Empire was undermining the reforms, which were presented under international pressure, while the Cretans desired to see the Sultan, Abdul Hamid II, abandon "the ungrateful infidels". Under these unstable conditions Venizelos entered into politics in the elections of 2 April 1889 as a piece of the island's liberal party. As a deputy he was distinguished for his eloquence and his radical opinions.