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Eva Duarte de Perón

Eva Duarte de Perón

Acting
07 May 1919
26 Jul 1952
Los Toldos [now General Viamonte], Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography

Eva María Duarte de Perón (1919-1952) was an Argentine actress and political leader, the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her early death. She is usually referred to as Eva Perón or Evita. Juan Perón was elected President of Argentina in 1946; during the next 6 years, Eva Perón became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran t...

Also Known As

María Eva Ibarguren, Evita, Santa Evita, María Eva Duarte, Evita Perón

Photos

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