Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (full name
Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, ; ; 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was an eminent
Greek leader of the Greek national liberation movement and a charismatic statesman of the early 20th century remembered for his promotion of liberal-democratic policies. As leader of the
Liberal Party, he was elected several 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 modern Greece", and is still widely known as the "
Ethnarch".