Juan Perón

President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)

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Lived 1895–1974, aged 79Argentina

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82 languages
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Rank in Argentina
#68
Politicians
Era
1895–1974
Aged 79
Known for
The Hour of the Furnaces
1968

Summary

Updated 2026-06-21

The only Argentine president elected three times, Perón built a political movement so durable it still governs under his name half a century after his death — despite two coups, eighteen years of exile, and a legacy split between universal suffrage and refuge for war criminals.

Biography

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Juan Domingo Perón rose through military ranks after entering college in 1911, spent 1939–41 as an attaché in Mussolini's Italy where he developed his core ideas, and joined the 1943 revolution that made him Minister of Labor. His labor reforms won a mass following; when political rivals forced his arrest in October 1945, workers flooded Plaza de Mayo demanding his release, propelling him to the presidency in 1946. Alongside his wife Eva Duarte, he industrialized Argentina, made university free, granted women the vote, and built half a million houses — while firing dissidents and sheltering Na…

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