Background Information                    

     Juan Domingo Peron, the most influential president in Argentina's history, was born on October 8th, 1895. He first shared control of Argentina's government in 1943,during the reign of President Pedro Ramirez. He then ran for president three years later in the 1946 campaign, which he won, but the military distrusted him and that, and the fact that his fellow government officials failed to back him lead to Peron's resigning . Although, he resigned, was soon released because of mass protests demonstration by the Labor Unions. He continued his reign soon after and ran for president from 1946-1955. In 1974 he returned to be Argentina's president,but for only one year, because of a serious of heart attacks in which took his life, he was 79 years old.^[1]

Juan's Significance                                                                                                                        

Juan Peron first shared control of the Argentina's government in 1946, he held three cabinet posts, during President Pedro Ramirez's term in office. These cabinet posts gave him support of the Labor Unions because of the reform project he was working on during Ramirez's presidency. When Peron's turn came to run for president, he had already gained the general opinion  of the Argentinian public, and the backing of the army. He easily won the presidential race and began to take complete control of the government, when he resigned. Peron had few reasons to resign, one of them being that he appointed a friend of Eva's (Juan's wife) friend to a government position, even though he had no qualifications. He was told to fire him, but he continually refused these commands. This lead to officers distrusting and disliking Peron and Eva's influence, which eventually lead to Peron's resigning. But, because of the support and protests of the Labor Unions and public, the military backed down and let him continue his term as the President. He was back and better than ever. Juan's presidency lead to many great things for Argentina. He reshaped the country, by promoting state intervention in the economy, and social and economic benefits. He nationalized the railroads and other utilities, while financing public works. He also adopted a strong anti-United States and British. This led to Argentina getting the reputation of an unstable country. Although, nothing but threats came out of the the U.S. and Argentina government towards eachother they were hostile to each other for many years.  Peron also preached virtues such as his so called justicialismo (social justice), and his 'Third Position", an authoritarian and populist system between communism and capitalism^[2].  This and other costly benefits also lead to Juan's demise. Juan's choices of restricting and in some areas eliminating constitutional liberties, and in 1949 he arranged to write a new constitution that would permit his re-election. These laws lead to the general public overthrowing him in 1959, and he fled to Paraguay. Juan Peron settled in Madrid, Spain and lived the majority of his life there, until 1973 when he went back to Argentina to run for president again. Peron won, and was graciously welcomed back, but within a year he died because of massive heart attacks. Peron left the presidency to at that time his third wife, Isabel Peron. Unforunatley she was removed two years later, when the armed forces took control of the government. Juan Peron was arguably the greatest president in Argentina's history, and his legacy is and will be carried on for many years to come.^[3]

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2. http://www.nndb.com/people/020/000046879/
3. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Per-n-Eva.html