Letter sent by Eleftherios Venizelos to the Dean of the University of Athens. AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL!
1. The prime minister asks the Dean to help the courier of the letter - cousin to the prime minister- to decide on "a personal and family matter". Watermarked paper with crown, writes "Imperial Treasury de la rue". Handwritten and signed by the prime minister himself.
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Eleftherios Venizelos, the most prominent Greek
statesman of the 20th century, was a realist and a visionary,
intelligent, flexible and daring, possessing an impressive personal charm.
He was born in Ottoman ruled Crete in 1864. During his
childhood years his family fled to Greece in consequence of his father's
involvement in the Cretan insurrection of 1886. Following his graduation from
the Law Faculty of Athens University he worked as a lawyer in Chania but soon
he entered politics as a member of the liberal party of the island.
His political and leadership qualities were revealed
during the revolution of 1897. During the period of Cretan State (1898-1912)
Venizelos was actively involved in the drafting of the Cretan Constitution. He
quarreled with the High Commissioner Prince George on account of his liberal
principles, he resorted to an armed rising at Therisso (1905) and secured the
replacement of Prince George by the Greek politician Alexandros Zaimis. During
his subsequent efforts for the unification of Crete with Greece Venizelos kept
a skillful balance between daring and moderation.
In 1910 he put an end to his role as a politician in
Crete and moved to mainland Greece, where he became Prime Minister and founded
the "Liberal Party". He was the moving spirit in the political and
economic progress of Greece and in the victorious outcome of the Balkan Wars
(1912-13). During World War I he clashed with the Crown and, at the expense of
the National Schism (1915-1917) he imposed his pro-Entente policy. Greece was
rewarded for her contribution to the war by being given the High
Commissionership of Smyrna (1919). In the vital elections of November 1920
Venizelos was defeated and he withdrew from politics to return after the Asia
Minor disaster of 1922. With two of his radical initiatives (1923) - the
mandatory exchange of Greek and Turkish populations and the Treaty of Lausanne
which defined the boundaries between Greece and Turkey - he changed the
orientation of Greek policy and laid the foundations for peaceful development.
His last term of office as Prime Minister (1928-1932) was a period of
stability and creativity. His major achievement was the signature of the pact
of friendship between Greek and Turkey (1930). The end of his career was marked
by the attempt against his life (June 1933) and the failed venizelist coup of
March 1935. He went into self-exile in Paris where he died on the 18th March
1936.
Info taken From the Venizelos Foundation site
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