# Eleftherios Venizelos

> He doubled Greece's size through two Balkan wars, split the country down the middle in a decade-long political schism with the king, then died sentenced to death in Paris after a coup attempt to keep him in power.

*Greek politician, former Prime Minister of Greece (1864-1936)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/eleftherios-venizelos

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1864-08-23
- **Died:** 1936-03-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

A leader of the 1897 Cretan Revolt, Venizelos secured his island's autonomy and later its union with Greece, leading the Theriso revolt in 1905. Invited to Athens in 1909 to break a political deadlock, he became prime minister and overhauled the constitution, the economy, and the military. His diplomacy won Greece entry to the Balkan League; the wars of 1912–1913 liberated Macedonia, Epirus, and most of the Aegean, doubling the nation's territory and population. In World War I he brought Greece in with the Allies, but his foreign policy collided with the nonaligned King Constantine I, fracturing the country into an unofficial civil war between a northern provisional government and the royal seat in Athens — a schism that polarized Greeks for decades. After the Allied victory he gained concessions in Anatolia and Thrace, but lost the 1920 election; Greece's defeat in the Greco-Turkish War followed, and Venizelos negotiated the Treaty of Lausanne from exile. He returned in 1928 with a landslide, mending relations with Turkey and resettling refugees, but after losses in 1932 and 1933 a failed coup tried to hold him in office. A second attempt in March 1935 earned h

## Fame
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- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #144

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1331461/ (@nm1331461)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.venizelos-foundation.gr

## Topics
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## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205545)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Eleftherios%20Venizelos)
- [الفثيريوس فينيزيلوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Элефтэрыяс Венізелас](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Елевтериос Венизелос](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81)
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- [Elevthérios Venizelos](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevth%C3%A9rios_Venizelos)
- [Eleftherios Venizelos](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos)
- [Eleftherios Venizelos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos)
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- [Eleftherios Venizelos](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos)
- [Elefthérios Venizélos](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefth%C3%A9rios_Veniz%C3%A9los)
- [Eleuterios Venizelos](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleuterios_Venizelos)
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- [Elefthérios Venizélos](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefth%C3%A9rios_Veniz%C3%A9los)
- [Eleftherios Venizelos](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos)
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- [אלפתריוס וניזלוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%96%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [Elefterios Venizelos](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefterios_Venizelos)
- [Elefthériosz Venizélosz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefth%C3%A9riosz_Veniz%C3%A9losz)
- [Էլեֆթերիոս Վենիզելոս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BD)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos)
- [Wikiquote](https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elefth%C3%A9rios_Veniz%C3%A9los)
- [Wikiquote](https://hy.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BD)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eleutherios_Venizelos)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1671079)

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