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'''Juan Domingo Perón''' (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine [[general]] and [[politician]]. He was born in [[Buenos Aires]]. He served as [[President of Argentina]] from 1946 to 1955, ruling with his second wife [[Eva Perón]] and again from 1973 to 1974 with his third wife [[Isabel Martínez de Perón|Isabel Perón]], who was his [[vice president]]. In Argentina, he and his second wife Eva (popularly known as Evita) are considered [[icon]]s by many people, especially members of [[PeronistPeronism|Perónist]] party[[Justicialist Party]], which he started and is still popular today. He was elected in 1946. In 1955 he was overthrown and forced to leave the country. In 1973, he returned and ran for president again with his third wife Isabel as vice-president and was elected. He died in Buenos Aires less than a year after being elected. His [[widow]], Isabel took his place, which made her the first woman president in the world.