Prefectures of Crete
Chania Prefecture
Municipality of ChaniaMunicipality of ApokoronasMunicipality of PlataniasMunicipality of KissamosMunicipality of Kandanos - SelinosMunicipality of GavdosMunicipality of Sfakia
Rethymnon Prefecture
Municipality of RethymnonMunicipality of MylopotamosMunicipality of AmariMunicipality of Agios VasiliosMunicipality of Anogia
Heraklion Prefecture
Municipality of HeraklionMunicipality of MaleviziMunicipality of Archanon - AsterousionMunicipality of FestosMunicipality of GortynaMunicipality of ChersonissosMunicipality of Minoa PediadosMunicipality of Viannos
Lassithi Prefecture
Municipality of MirampeloMunicipality of SitiaMunicipality of IerapetraMunicipality of Oropedio
Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Venizelos was a gifted personage who was born in Crete (August 23, 1864 – Martz 18, 1936, Paris) and lived in turbulent times.
He is considered one of the most important Cretans. His life and his work are still under research by the historians.
As a prime minister elected many times, he played a significant role in the autonomy of the Cretan state and later in the union of Crete with Greece, the liberation of Macedonia, the position of Greece I World war I and the modernization of the Greek society and state.