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{{Villain_Infobox

|Image =Juan Perón.jpg

|fullname = Juan Domingo Perón

|alias = El Viejo Pocho

|origin =Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

|occupation =President of Argentina (1946 - 1955, 1973 - 1974)

|type of villain = Populist Dictator

|goals = Hold absolute power in Argentina (successful)

|crimes = Mass repression Mass [[murder]] [[Torture]] [[Censorship]] [[Genocide]] [[Pedophilia]] Statutory [[rape]] [[Propaganda]] Human rights violations [[Crimes against humanity]] [[Authoritarianism]] [[Xenophobia]]

|hobby =

}}{{Quote|For our friends: everything. For our enemies: not even justice.|Juan Perón}}

'''Juan Domingo Perón''' (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a [[military dictatorship]], he was elected President of Argentina three times, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown by the ''[[Revolución Libertadora]]'', and then from October 1973 until his death in July 1974, after which his third wife, [[Isabel Perón]], assumed the presidency.

==Biography==

===Military career===

As a seasoned officer and published author of many books on military topics, he took part in the 1930 ''coup d'état'' against President Hipólito Yrigoyen. He later served as a military observer in various European countries, including Fascist Italy. He came back to Argentina with a positive impression of [[fascism]], which he erroneously perceived as something closer to social democracy than to totalitarianism.

The now Colonel Perón participated in another military coup, the 1943 "Revolution", which installed a nationalist military dictatorship. Even though the coup was carried out by the United Officers' Group, an [[anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]], anti-communist and nationalist military secret society inspired by Perón's "fascist" ideas, Perón did not take power himself, and instead asked to work as head of the insignificant Department of Labor (later renamed Secretariat of Labor and Forecast, ''Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión''). This was a calculated move, however, as his direct interactions with workers and his push for social reforms designed to improve working conditions made him very popular among the traditionally ignored and marginalized working class. His relationships with syndicalists and union leaders also helped him take control of the General Confederation of Labour the country's largest trade union federation.

After the devastating 1944 San Juan earthquake, Perón organized several fundraising events with celebrities and radio stars. During one such event, he first met his future wife, María Eva Duarte, later known as Eva Perón or simply Evita. His growing popularity didn't sit well with the members of the junta, so he was forced to resign and was jailed in Martín García, a naval prison island. On October 17, 1945, less than a week later, a mass demonstration organized by the CGT, Evita, and the working class ''descamisados'' ("shirtless ones", they were too poor to afford brown shirts) led to his liberation. Perón and Evita married shortly after that.

===First two terms===

In 1946, Perón ran for the presidency on an anti-imperialist, anti-oligarchic, pro-social justice, [[Cold War]] neutrality, and populist platform, supported by the CGT. He portrayed himself as a nationalist hero, and characterized his opponent, José Tamborini, as a puppet of US Ambassador Spruille Braden (his campaign slogan was, in fact, "Braden or Perón"). Perón won by a landslide.

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After [[World War II]], with Europe in ruins, Perón's ambition was to transform Argentina into a superpower. He nationalized/expropriated several foreign companies (mostly British-owned) in order to achieve complete autarky, launched a five-year plan focused on economic growth and infrastructure, and started developing a nuclear program on Huemul Island.

He remained sympathetic to fascism, and granted asylum to many [[Nazi]] [[War crimes|war criminal]]s and collaborators as part of his own version of Operation Paperclip, most notably [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], Croatian dictator [[Ante Pavelić]] (leader of the [[Ustaše]]) and Otto Skorzeny, the former [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] bodyguard and ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' officer who rescued [[Benito Mussolini]] from house arrest in 1943; Skorzeny was Perón's close advisor and Evita's bodyguard (and, presumably, even her lover). However, Perón himself wasn't anti-semitic.

He remained sympathetic to fascism, and granted asylum to many [[Nazi]] [[War crimes|war criminal]]s and collaborators as part of his own version of Operation Paperclip, most notably [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], Croatian dictator [[Ante Pavelić]] (leader of the [[Ustaše]]) and [[Otto Skorzeny]], the former [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] bodyguard and ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' officer who rescued [[Benito Mussolini]] from house arrest in 1943; Skorzeny was Perón's close advisor and Evita's bodyguard (and, presumably, even her lover). However, Perón himself wasn't anti-semitic.

Perón's regime was certainly repressive and intolerant of opposition, but not in a murderous way. He favored [[censorship|media suppression]], and intimidation, persecution, imprisonment and [[torture]] of prominent critics both left and right over straight-up forced disappearances. But that slowly began to change following the 1947 [[Rincón Bomba massacre]], a brutal eviction of members of the indigenous Pilagá people, which technically constitutes [[genocide]].

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+{{Villain_Infobox
+|Image =Juan Perón.jpg
+|fullname = Juan Domingo Perón
+|alias = El Viejo<br>Pocho<br>
+|origin =Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
+|occupation =President of Argentina (1946 - 1955, 1973 - 1974)
+|type of villain = Populist Dictator
+|goals = Hold absolute power in Argentina (successful)
+|crimes = Mass repression<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Pedophilia]]<br>Statutory [[rape]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>
+|hobby =
+}}{{Quote|For our friends: everything. For our enemies: not even justice.|Juan Perón}}
+'''Juan Domingo Perón''' (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a [[military dictatorship]], he was elected President of Argentina three times, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown by the ''[[Revolución Libertadora]]'', and then from October 1973 until his death in July 1974, after which his third wife, [[Isabel Perón]], assumed the presidency.
 ==Biography==
+===Military career===
+As a seasoned officer and published author of many books on military topics, he took part in the 1930 ''coup d'état'' against President Hipólito Yrigoyen. He later served as a military observer in various European countries, including Fascist Italy. He came back to Argentina with a positive impression of [[fascism]], which he erroneously perceived as something closer to social democracy than to totalitarianism.
+The now Colonel Perón participated in another military coup, the 1943 "Revolution", which installed a nationalist military dictatorship. Even though the coup was carried out by the United Officers' Group, an [[anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]], anti-communist and nationalist military secret society inspired by Perón's "fascist" ideas, Perón did not take power himself, and instead asked to work as head of the insignificant Department of Labor (later renamed Secretariat of Labor and Forecast, ''Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión''). This was a calculated move, however, as his direct interactions with workers and his push for social reforms designed to improve working conditions made him very popular among the traditionally ignored and marginalized working class. His relationships with syndicalists and union leaders also helped him take control of the General Confederation of Labour the country's largest trade union federation.
+After the devastating 1944 San Juan earthquake, Perón organized several fundraising events with celebrities and radio stars. During one such event, he first met his future wife, María Eva Duarte, later known as Eva Perón or simply Evita. His growing popularity didn't sit well with the members of the junta, so he was forced to resign and was jailed in Martín García, a naval prison island. On October 17, 1945, less than a week later, a mass demonstration organized by the CGT, Evita, and the working class ''descamisados'' ("shirtless ones", they were too poor to afford brown shirts) led to his liberation. Perón and Evita married shortly after that.
 ===First two terms===
 In 1946, Perón ran for the presidency on an anti-imperialist, anti-oligarchic, pro-social justice, [[Cold War]] neutrality, and populist platform, supported by the CGT. He portrayed himself as a nationalist hero, and characterized his opponent, José Tamborini, as a puppet of US Ambassador Spruille Braden (his campaign slogan was, in fact, "Braden or Perón"). Perón won by a landslide.
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 After [[World War II]], with Europe in ruins, Perón's ambition was to transform Argentina into a superpower. He nationalized/expropriated several foreign companies (mostly British-owned) in order to achieve complete autarky, launched a five-year plan focused on economic growth and infrastructure, and started developing a nuclear program on Huemul Island.
-He remained sympathetic to fascism, and granted asylum to many [[Nazi]] [[War crimes|war criminal]]s and collaborators as part of his own version of Operation Paperclip, most notably [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], Croatian dictator [[Ante Pavelić]] (leader of the [[Ustaše]]) and Otto Skorzeny, the former [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] bodyguard and ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' officer who rescued [[Benito Mussolini]] from house arrest in 1943; Skorzeny was Perón's close advisor and Evita's bodyguard (and, presumably, even her lover). However, Perón himself wasn't anti-semitic.
+He remained sympathetic to fascism, and granted asylum to many [[Nazi]] [[War crimes|war criminal]]s and collaborators as part of his own version of Operation Paperclip, most notably [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], Croatian dictator [[Ante Pavelić]] (leader of the [[Ustaše]]) and [[Otto Skorzeny]], the former [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] bodyguard and ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' officer who rescued [[Benito Mussolini]] from house arrest in 1943; Skorzeny was Perón's close advisor and Evita's bodyguard (and, presumably, even her lover). However, Perón himself wasn't anti-semitic.
 Perón's regime was certainly repressive and intolerant of opposition, but not in a murderous way. He favored [[censorship|media suppression]], and intimidation, persecution, imprisonment and [[torture]] of prominent critics both left and right over straight-up forced disappearances. But that slowly began to change following the 1947 [[Rincón Bomba massacre]], a brutal eviction of members of the indigenous Pilagá people, which technically constitutes [[genocide]].