"I was always anti-Venizelist and royalist but, at the same time, I always remained lawful (Nea online)", a combination difficult to be achieved, as the dramatic events of 1935 proved. And, although Tsaldaris portrayed himself as anti-Venizelist, the truth is that he had some common traits with Venizelos: They were both anti-popularist and anti-extremist. The problem was that Tsaldaris lacked Venizelos' charisma and the popular appeal of his main political opponent. Venizelos marked a whole era and provoked intense passions; Tsaldaris' passing through history was much more quiet. Certainly, Tsaldaris may be accused for one thing: During the last years of his political career, he did not foresee Metaxas' dictatorship and he did not react in order to prevent the advent of the dictatorial regime. But this was a failing he shared with most other politicians of his time. References Further reading Paschalis M. Kitromilides (ed.): Eleftherios Venizelos: The Trials of Statesmanship. Edinburgh University Press, 2008, . External links 1868 births 1936 deaths 19th-century Greek people 20th-century prime ministers of Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Foreign ministers of Greece Prime Ministers of Greece Greek monarchists People's Party (Greece) politicians Justice ministers of Greece Ministers of the Interior of Greece Ministers of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece Economy ministers of Greece Transport ministers People from Xylokastro