Sophoklis Venizelos
| Sophoklis Venizelos | |
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| 53rd Prime Minister of Greece | |
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In office 21 August 1950 – 27 October 1951 |
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| Monarch | Paul |
| Preceded by | Nikolaos Plastiras |
| Succeeded by | Nikolaos Plastiras |
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In office 23 March 1950 – 15 April 1950 |
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| Monarch | Paul |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Theotokis |
| Succeeded by | Nikolaos Plastiras |
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In office 14 April 1944 – 26 April 1944 |
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| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Emmanouil Tsouderos |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Papandreou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1894 Chania, Ottoman Crete (Now Greece) |
| Died | 7 February 1964 (aged 69) Aegean Sea |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
Sofoklis Venizelos (Greek: Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος, also transliterated as Sophocles Venizelos) (3 November 1894 – 7 February 1964) was a Greek politician, who three times served as Prime Minister of Greece – in 1944 (in exile), 1950 and 1950–1951.
Venizelos was born on 3 November 1894 in Chania, in Crete (then a part of the Ottoman Empire; became an autonomous state under Ottoman suzerainty and the protection of Russia, Britain, France and Italy in 1898). He was the second-born son of the politician Eleftherios Venizelos.
During World War I he served with distinction in the Greek Army and in the initial phases of the Asia Minor campaign, reaching the rank of Captain of Artillery.
He resigned from the Army and was elected as a MP with his father's Liberal Party in the 1920 elections.
In 1941, after the Axis occupation of Greece, 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 under Prime Minister Emmanuel Tsuderos, and briefly its Prime Minister in 1944 (April 13–26).
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.
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