Juan Perón

Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine general and politician who served as the 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and again as the 40th president from 1973 to his death in 1974.

Juan Domingo Perón
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 (1895-10-08)8 October 1895 Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	1 July 1974(1974-07-01) (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; died 1938)​ Eva Duarte ​ ​ (m. 1945; died 1952)​ Isabel Martínez Cartas ​ ​ (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.

In 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 with 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 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.