Juan Perón

President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)
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Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine general and politician.

Juan Domingo Perón
29th & 41st President of Argentina
In office
4 June 1946 – 21 September 1955
Vice PresidentHortensio Quijano
Alberto Teisaire
Preceded byEdelmiro Farrell
Succeeded byEduardo Lonardi
In office
12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974
Vice PresidentIsabel Martínez de Perón
Preceded byRaúl Lastiri
Succeeded byIsabel Martínez de Perón
Vice President of Argentina
De facto
In office
8 July 1944 – 10 October 1945
PresidentEdelmiro Farrell
Preceded byEdelmiro Farrell
Succeeded byJuan Pistarini
Minister of War
In office
24 February 1944 – 10 October 1945
PresidentPedro Pablo Ramírez
Edelmiro Farrell
Preceded byPedro Pablo Ramírez
Succeeded byEduardo Ávalos
Personal details
Born
Juan Domingo Perón

(1895-10-08)8 October 1895
Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died1 July 1974(1974-07-01) (aged 78)
Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeMuseo Quinta 17 de Octubre San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyLabour (1945–1947)
Justicialist (1947–1974)
Spouse(s)
Aurelia Tizón
(m. 1929; died 1938)

(m. 1945; died 1952)

(m. 1961; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1974)

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.