Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine general and politician.
Juan Domingo Perón | |
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29th & 41st President of Argentina | |
In office 4 June 1946 – 21 September 1955 | |
Vice President | Hortensio Quijano Alberto Teisaire |
Preceded by | Edelmiro Farrell |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Lonardi |
In office 12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974 | |
Vice President | Isabel Martínez de Perón |
Preceded by | Raúl Lastiri |
Succeeded by | Isabel Martínez de Perón |
Vice President of Argentina De facto | |
In office 8 July 1944 – 10 October 1945 | |
President | Edelmiro Farrell |
Preceded by | Edelmiro Farrell |
Succeeded by | Juan Pistarini |
Minister of War | |
In office 24 February 1944 – 10 October 1945 | |
President | Pedro Pablo Ramírez Edelmiro Farrell |
Preceded by | Pedro Pablo Ramírez |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Ávalos |
Personal details | |
Born | Juan Domingo Perón 8 October 1895 Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 1 July 1974 Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 78)
Resting place | Museo Quinta 17 de Octubre San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Political party | Labour (1945–1947) Justicialist (1947–1974) |
Spouse(s) |
Aurelia Tizón
(m. 1929; died 1938) |
Born in Buenos Aires, he was elected President of Argentina in 1946 and ruled with his second wife, Eva Perón. He was overthrown in 1955 and forced to leave the country. In 1973, he returned; ran for president again with his third wife, Isabel Perón, as vice-president; and was elected. He died in Buenos Aires in 1974, less than a year after his election. His widow, Isabel, took his place, which made her the first woman president in the world.
n Argentina, he and Eva (popularly known as Evita) are considered icons by many people, especially members of the Perónist Justicialist Party, which he started and is still popular.
He was very popular in the working class because he was the first politician in a long time to care about it. He required businesses to pay decent wages and safe conditions. He carried out cother social reforms but also controlled what could be said over the radio and sent people opposing him to jail. He also controlled trade unions and businesses and so although they had power, the government had the last word.