Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 14 November 1920, or 1 November 1920 old style. They were possibly the most crucial elections in the modern history of Greece, influencing not on
Dimitrios Gounaris
Eleftherios Venizelos, portrait 1935
1920 Caricature in the Greek press, where the Greek voter is called upon to choose between Gounaris or Venizelos under the eyes of War
National Schism
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The National Schism, also sometimes called The Great Division, was a series of disagreements between King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos over Greece's foreign policy from 1915
Eleftherios Venizelos (left) and King Constantine I (right) prior to the National Schism c. 1913
King Constantine I judged that Greece's interests were best served by remaining neutral in the First World War.
Demonstration in Athens in favour of Constantine, summer 1915
Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek Prime Minister, believed that Greece's interests were best served by entering the war on the side of the Allies.