JUAN DOMINGO PERON

HIS CHILDHOOD

• Was born in Lobos, Argentina.
• He spent most of his childhood in Patagonia
• At the age of 16, he entered a militray academy
• After the academy he went straight to the army

HIS LIFE

• He was an argentine general then
• He married to Aurelia in 1929.
• She later died in 1938 due to uterine cancer
• He was later elected to serve as president of argentina in 1946, 1951, and 1973.
• He was later sent to Italy for almost 2 years where he saw mussolini and Hitler in power.

MORE POINTS ABOUT HIS LIFE

• He was later assigned as colonel in 1942.
• He was later sent to the mountains to study mountain warfare.
• He later returned to Argentina.

EVA DUARTE

• Peron met eva in 1944
• They later got married in 1945.
• She later then died in 1952.
• She did many good deeds like giving money to the people on the streets and helping out after an earthquake hit.
• Because of all those good deeds, the bishop wanted to make her a saint

HIS DEATH

• He came back into power as president in 1973 but only for nine months til he died
• Juan Peron died July 1, 1974.
• He died of a heart attack
• Everything that he owned or had was left for his wife, Isabel Martinez.

WHY ARE THEY REMEMBERED NOW?

• Juan peron was looked up to for leadership
• His second wife was also looked up to for all the good deeds she did
• Still today they are looked up to by the argentine people.

WEBSITES USED

• Latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofargentina/p/09juanperon.htm
• Go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVENCE&inPS