VENIZLOS, ELEUTHRIOS

born Aug. 23, 1864, Mournis, Crete, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece] died March 18, 1936, Paris, France in full Eleuthrios Kyriakos Venizlos prime minister of Greece (191015, 191720, 1924, 192832, 1933), the most prominent Greek politician and statesman of the early 20th century. Under his leadership Greece doubled in area and population during the Balkan Wars (191213) and also gained territorially and diplomatically after World War I in negotiations with Italy, Bulgaria, and Turkey.