Sophoklis Venizelos - Revision history

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 [[Category:Prime Ministers of Greece|Venizelos, Sophoklis]]
 [[Category:World War II political leaders|Venizelos, Sophoklis]]
 [[Category:Ministers for Foreign Affairs|Venizelos, Sophoklis]]
 [[Category:Ministers for the Military|Venizelos, Sophoklis]]

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 The second-born son of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], Sophoklis first became a Member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] with his father's [[Komma Fileleftheron|Liberal Party]] in [[1920]]. In [[1941]], after Greece was occupied by German troops, he became ambassador to the United States, representing the Greek government-in-exile based in Cairo. He became a minister of that government in [[1943]], and its Prime Minister in [[1944]].
-After the end of the war, he returned to Greece where he became Vice President of the Liberal Party (led by [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]]) and a minister in the first post-war government led by [[Georgios Papandreou]]. In [[1948]], he assumed the leadership of the party and became a minister in a number of short-lived liberal governments led by Papandreou and [[Nikolaos Plastiras]]; he was also the Prime Minister of two such governments.
+After the end of the war, he returned to Greece where he became Vice President of the Liberal Party (led by [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]]) and a minister in the first post-war government led by [[Georgios Papandreou]]. In [[1948]], he assumed the leadership of the party and became a minister in a number of short-lived liberal governments led by Papandreou and [[Nikolaos Plastiras]]; he was also the Prime Minister of two such governments. As Prime Minister, in [[1950]], he authorised the involvement of a Greek Expeditionary Force in the [[Korean War]].
 In [[1954]], his long time friendship with Georgios Papandreou was shaken, and he formed the rival [[Liberal Democratic Union]] party. The rift was bridged in [[1957]] and in [[1961]] he became a founding member of the [[Center Union]] party, which he served until his sudden death, on board a ferry boat, on [[February 7]], [[1964]]. His grave lies next to his father's on the island of [[Crete]].

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	After the end of the war, he returned to Greece where he became Vice President of the Liberal Party (led by [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]]) and a minister in the first post-war government led by [[Georgios Papandreou]]. In [[1948]], he assumed the leadership of the party and became a minister in a number of short-lived liberal governments led by Papandreou and [[Nikolaos Plastiras]]; he was also the Prime Minister of two such governments.		After the end of the war, he returned to Greece where he became Vice President of the Liberal Party (led by [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]]) and a minister in the first post-war government led by [[Georgios Papandreou]]. In [[1948]], he assumed the leadership of the party and became a minister in a number of short-lived liberal governments led by Papandreou and [[Nikolaos Plastiras]]; he was also the Prime Minister of two such governments.

−	In [[1954]], his long time friendship with Georgios Papandreou was shaken, and he formed the rival Liberal Democratic Union party. The rift was bridged in [[~~1958~~]], and in [[1961]] he became a founding member of the [[Center Union]] party, which he served until his sudden death, on board a ferry boat, on [[February 7]], [[1964]]. His grave lies next to his father's on the island of [[Crete]].	+	In [[1954]], his long time friendship with Georgios Papandreou was shaken, and he formed the rival [[Liberal Democratic Union]] party. The rift was bridged in [[1957]] and in [[1961]] he became a founding member of the [[Center Union]] party, which he served until his sudden death, on board a ferry boat, on [[February 7]], [[1964]]. His grave lies next to his father's on the island of [[Crete]].

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-'''Sophoklis Venizelos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος''', born [[1894]], died [[February 7]], [[1964]]) was a prominent [[Greece|Greek]] politician who twice served as [[Prime Minister of Greece]].
+'''Sophoklis Venizelos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος''', born [[November 3]], [[1894]], died [[February 7]], [[1964]]) was a prominent [[Greece|Greek]] politician who twice served as [[Prime Minister of Greece]].
 The second-born son of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], Sophoklis first became a Member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] with his father's [[Komma Fileleftheron|Liberal Party]] in [[1920]]. In [[1941]], after Greece was occupied by German troops, he became ambassador to the United States, representing the Greek government-in-exile based in Cairo. He became a minister of that government in [[1943]], and its Prime Minister in [[1944]].
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 After the end of the war, he returned to Greece where he became Vice President of the Liberal Party (led by [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]]) and a minister in the first post-war government led by [[Georgios Papandreou]]. In [[1948]], he assumed the leadership of the party and became a minister in a number of short-lived liberal governments led by Papandreou and [[Nikolaos Plastiras]]; he was also the Prime Minister of two such governments.
-In [[1954]], his long time friendship with Georgios Papandreou was shaken, and he formed the rival Liberal Democratic Union party. The rift was bridged in [[1958]], and in [[1961]] he became a founding member of the [[Center Union]] party, which he served until his sudden death in [[1964]]. His grave lies next to his father's on the island of [[Crete]].
+In [[1954]], his long time friendship with Georgios Papandreou was shaken, and he formed the rival Liberal Democratic Union party. The rift was bridged in [[1958]], and in [[1961]] he became a founding member of the [[Center Union]] party, which he served until his sudden death, on board a ferry boat, on [[February 7]], [[1964]]. His grave lies next to his father's on the island of [[Crete]].

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		+	[[Image:Venizelos-plastiras-2.jpg\|frame\|[[Sophoklis Venizelos]], leader of the [[Komma Fileleftheron\|Liberal Party]] (left) and [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], leader of EPEK (right).
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	'''Sophoklis Venizelos''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: '''Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος''', born [[1894]], died [[1964]]) was a prominent [[Greece\|Greek]] politician who twice served as [[Prime Minister of Greece]].		'''Sophoklis Venizelos''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: '''Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος''', born [[1894]], died [[1964]]) was a prominent [[Greece\|Greek]] politician who twice served as [[Prime Minister of Greece]].