Juan Perón
Politician
1895 – 1974
Who was Juan Perón?
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer and politician. After serving in several government positions, including those of Minister of Labour and Vice President of the Republic, he was three times elected as President of Argentina, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown by a coup d'état, and from October 1973 to July 1974.
During his first presidential term, Perón was supported by his second wife, Eva Duarte, and the two were immensely popular among many Argentines. Eva died in 1952, and Perón was elected to a second term, serving from 1952 until 1955. During the following period of two military dictatorships, interrupted by two civilian governments, the Peronist party was outlawed and Perón was exiled. When the left-wing Peronist Hector Cámpora was elected President in 1973, Perón returned to Argentina and was soon after elected President for a third time. His third wife, María Estela Martínez, known as Isabel Perón, was elected as Vice President on his ticket and succeeded him as President upon his death in 1974.
Juan and Evita Perón are still considered icons by the Peronists. The Peróns' followers praised their efforts to eliminate poverty and to dignify labor, while their detractors considered them demagogues and dictators. The Peróns gave their name to the political movement known as Peronism, which in present-day Argentina is represented mainly by the Justicialist Party.
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- Born
- Oct 8, 1895
Lobos - Also known as
- Juan Peron
- Juan Domingo Perón
- Spouses
- Aurelia Tizón
(1929/01/05 - 1938) - Eva Perón
(1945/10/18 - 1952/07/26) - Isabel Martínez de Perón
(1961/11/15 - )
- Aurelia Tizón
- Ethnicity
- Argentinian people
- Italian Argentine
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Profession
- Lived in
- Buenos Aires Province
- Died
- Jul 1, 1974
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on July 23, 2013
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