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Juan Perón

1895 - 1974

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Juan Domingo Perón (UK: , US: , Spanish: [ˈxwan doˈmiŋɡo peˈɾon] ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and statesman 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. He is the only Argentine president elected three times and holds the highest percentage of votes in clean elections with universal suffrage. Perón is arguably the most important and controversial Argentine politician of the 20th century and his influence extends to the present day. Perón's ideas, policies and movement are known as Peronism, which continues to be one of the major forces in Argentine politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Perón is the 518th most popular politician (down from 342nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Argentina and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Politician.

Juan Perón was an Argentine military officer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and 1973 to 1974. He is most famous for his social reforms in Argentina.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Perón ranks 518 out of 19,576Before him are Jawaharlal Nehru, Józef Piłsudski, Kangxi Emperor, Djoser, Hideki Tojo, and Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Henry the Fowler, Florianus, Daniel D. Tompkins, Decius, Neville Chamberlain, and Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among people born in 1895, Juan Perón ranks 6Before him are George VI, Zog I of Albania, Amin al-Husseini, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste. After him are Buckminster Fuller, Carl Orff, Buster Keaton, Anna Freud, Ernst Jünger, and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1974, Juan Perón ranks 6Before him are Charles Lindbergh, Oskar Schindler, Georgy Zhukov, Georges Pompidou, and Amin al-Husseini. After him are Ayub Khan, Patrick Blackett, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, James Chadwick, Pär Lagerkvist, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Juan Perón ranks 7 out of 1,154Before him are Pope Francis (1936), Che Guevara (1928), Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Diego Maradona (1960), Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926), and Eva Perón (1919). After him are Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), Astor Piazzolla (1921), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), José de San Martín (1778), and Lionel Messi (1987).

Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Juan Perón ranks 2Before him are Eva Perón (1919). After him are Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Carlos Menem (1930), Néstor Kirchner (1950), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Alberto Fernández (1959), and Reynaldo Bignone (1928).