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Juan Peron was born on October 8th 1895 in Lobos, Argentina. “His family was of modest means”.
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At the age of 16, the tall and athletic Perón entered military school. He trained as an officer, excelling in sports including fencing, skiing and boxing.
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He married his first wife, Aurelia Tizón, in 1929, but she died in 1937 of uterine cancer. Juan Peron later married Eva Peron
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Served as an attaché to Chile and traveled to Italy to observe the development of the Fascist state in 1938-1940.
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Perón returned to Argentina in 1941, joining a secret group of military officers called the Grupo de Oficiales Unidos.
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In 1943, he participated in a GOU coup to overthrow the civilian government, taking on the post of secretary of labor and social welfare in the new regime.
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All three branches of the armed forces succeeds after three days of fighting, during which thousands are killed. Peron resigns and takes refuge on a Paraguayan gunboat. He subsequently goes into exile in Paraguay, and later in Spain.
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In September 1955, Juan Perón was driven from office and into exile by a confederation of military leaders. He fled to Paraguay. Then settling in Madrid.
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Perón returned to Argentina just after the March elections. In October, he won a special presidential election and installed his new wife as vice president.
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He died on July 1, 1974, in Buenos Aires. His wife, Isabel, held onto the presidency until a military coup removed her from power in March 1975. He died of a Heart Attack
