JUAN PERON

Table of contents

• About Juan Peron
• About Juan Peron Part II
• How he got power
• About his impact on Argentina
• What his lasting effects were

ABOUT JUAN PERON

• JUAN WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 8, 1895 IN LOBOS, ARGENTINA.
• AROUND THE AGE OF 16 HE WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL TO BECOME AN OFFICER.
• Juan married Aurelia Tizón in 1929 but she died in 1937 of cancer
• In the late 1930s Juan became an officer for the army of Argentina.

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• When in Europe, Juan began to admire the work of Benito Mussolini.
• When juan was helping after an earthquake in 1944 he met his soon to be wife Eva Duarte.
• In october 1945 he was put in jail by a group of military men that didn't support him but Eva helped get him out.
• Juan Perón died on July 1, 1974 in Buenos Aries, Argentina.

HOW JUAN GOT POWER

• Juan started off as a colonel in the late 1930s
• In 1941 he joined a secret group called Grupo de Oficiales Unidos.
• By 1943 he took the post of secretary of labor.
• Over the next years Juan gained influence and in 1944 became vice president.
• Juan reinforced his power as a national leader and in 1946 became president.

ABOUT HIS IMPACT

• Juan increased employment and economic growth.
• He nationalized banks and railways.
• He centralized the grain industry and raised workers pay.
• He paid of off foreign debts and had sunday-off policy for jobs.

JUAN'S LASTING EFFECT ON ARGENTINA

• Juan has his own set of policies called Peronism.
• He increased basic rights for workers and modernized the economy.

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