Argentina: Juan Peron (1895-1974), 'Forjador de la Nueva Gran Argentina' (Forger of a New, Great Argentina), propaganda poster, Buenos Aires, c. 1950. Saul Bobobio (CC BY-SA 3.0 License)

Juan Domingo Peron ( 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and politician.

After serving in several government positions, including those of Minister of Labour and Vice President of the Republic, he was three times elected as President of Argentina, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown in a coup d'etat, and from October 1973 until his death in July 1974.

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