How to Pronounce Juan Perón
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Oct 08, 1895 Lobos, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Died on 01 Jul 1974 (aged 78)
President of Argentina
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About Juan Perón
- Juan Domingo Perón (UK: , US: , Spanish: ['xwan do'mi?go pe'?on]; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician.
- After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labor and Vice President, he was elected President of Argentina three times, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown in a coup d'état, and then from October 1973 until his death in July 1974. During his first presidential term (1946–52), Perón was supported by his second wife, Eva Duarte ("Evita"): they were immensely popular among the Argentine working class.
- 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 Héctor José 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. Although they are still controversial figures, Juan and Eva Perón are nonetheless considered icons by the Peronists.
- The Peróns' followers praised their efforts to eliminate poverty and to dignify labour, 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. Peronism is a political phenomenon that draws support from both the political left and political right.
- Peronism is not considered a traditional party, but a political movement, because of the wide variety of people who call themselves Peronists, and there is great controversy surrounding his personality.
- A number of following Argentinian presidents are considered Peronists, including administrations covering a majority of the democratic era: Héctor Cámpora, Isabel Perón, Carlos Saúl Menem, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Eduardo Duhalde, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Kirchner.
