Sofoklis Venizelos

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Sofoklis Venizelos
Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 21 August 1950 – 27 October 1951
Monarch	Paul
Preceded by	Nikolaos Plastiras
Succeeded by	Nikolaos Plastiras
In office 23 March 1950 – 15 April 1950
Monarch	Paul
Preceded by	Ioannis Theotokis
Succeeded by	Nikolaos Plastiras
In office 14 April 1944 – 26 April 1944
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	Emmanouil Tsouderos
Succeeded by	Georgios Papandreou
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
In office 8 November – 30 December 1963
Monarch	Paul
Prime Minister	Georgios Papandreou
Preceded by	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Succeeded by	Stefanos Stefanopoulos
In office 27 October 1951 – 11 October 1952
Monarch	Paul
Prime Minister	Nikolaos Plastiras
Preceded by	Emmanouil Tsouderos
Succeeded by	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
In office 30 June 1949 – 6 January 1950
Monarch	Paul
Prime Minister	Alexandros Diomidis
Preceded by	Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Succeeded by	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
In office 24 January – 29 August 1947
Monarch	Paul
Prime Minister	Dimitrios Maximos
Preceded by	Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Tsaldaris
In office 24 May – 30 August 1944
Monarch	George II
Prime Minister	Georgios Papandreou
Preceded by	Georgios Rousos
Succeeded by	Kyriakos Varvaresos
Minister of National Defense
In office 21 August – 9 September 1950
Monarch	Paul
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Philippos Manoulidis
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Rendis
In office 10 April – 24 July 1952
Monarch	Paul
Prime Minister	Nikolaos Plastiras
Preceded by	Alexandros Sakellariou
Succeeded by	Georgios Mavros
Personal details
Born	3 November 1894 Chania, Vilayet of Crete, Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece)
Died	7 February 1964 (aged 69) on board SS Hellas, Aegean Sea
Political party	Liberal Party Centre Union
Relations	Kyriakos Venizelos (brother) Nikitas Venizelos (nephew) Konstantinos Mitsotakis (nephew) Dora Bakoyannis (great-niece) Alexandra Mitsotaki (great-niece) Kyriakos Mitsotakis (great-nephew)
Children	Despina Venizelou-Laskari
Parent(s)	Eleftherios Venizelos Maria Katelouzou
Alma mater	Hellenic Army Academy
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1911-1920
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	World War I Macedonian Front Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

Sofoklis^[a] Venizelos (Greek: Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος; 3 November 1894 – 7 February 1964) was a Greek politician who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece: in 1944 (in exile), 1950 and 1950–1951.
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