Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine general and politician. He was born in Buenos Aires. He served as President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955, ruling with his second wife Eva Perón and again from 1973 to 1974 with his third wife Isabel Perón, who was his vice president. In Argentina, he and his second wife Eva (popularly known as Evita) are considered icons by many people, especially members of Perónist Justicialist Party, which he started and is still popular today. He was elected in 1946. In 1955 he was overthrown and forced to leave the country. In 1973, he returned and ran for president again with his third wife Isabel as vice-president and was elected. He died in Buenos Aires less than a year after being elected. His widow, Isabel took his place, which made her the first woman president in the world.
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 (aged 78) Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 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; her death 1938) Eva Duarte (m. 1945; her death 1952) Isabel Martínez Cartas (m. 1961; his death 1974) |
He was very popular among the working class, because he was the first politician in a long time to care about them. He required businesses to pay decent wages and safe conditions. He also did other social reforms, but also was pretty controlling. He controlled what could be said over the radio and sent people opposing him to jail. He also controlled trade unions and businesses, so although they had power, the government had the last word.
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Patio inside the home in Roque Perez where Perón was born.
Lt. Perón (left) and General José Uriburu (middle), with whose right-wing coup in 1930 he collaborated. Perón backed the more moderate General Agustín Justo, however.
Photographical portrait of colonel Juan Domingo Perón
President Edelmiro Farrell (left) and his benefactor, Vice President and Colonel Juan Perón, in April 1945.
Demonstration for Perón's release on 17 October 1945
Eva Duarte (Evita). Casamiento con Perón.
Lt. General Perón in military uniform, drinking coffee (1950 or later)
President Perón at his 1946 inaugural parade
First emblem of the Peronist Party, 1946–1955
Ángel Borlenghi, an erstwhile socialist who, as Interior Minister, oversaw new labour courts and the opposition's activities.
