Annita Demetriou Calls Eleftherios Venizelos a Leader Ahead of His Time at Athens Conference
Speaking at an Athens conference on Tuesday, House president Annita Demetriou said Eleftherios Venizelos was a leader whose influence reached beyond his own era.
Athens, Greece. House president Annita Demetriou addressed a conference in Athens on Tuesday, describing Eleftherios Venizelos as a leader who “transcended the time limits of his era”. The event, organised by the Venizelos historical foundation, looked at him as a model of political leadership.
Remarks on Cyprus
Demetriou noted that the question of Cyprus’s union with Greece engaged Venizelos at several points in his career. She added that this union did not come about while he was alive.
Who Venizelos Was
Venizelos was a Greek statesman and a leader of the Greek national liberation movement. He held the post of prime minister of Greece for more than 12 years, across eight terms between 1910 and 1933.
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