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 eva and again from 1973 to 1974 with his wife isabel, who was his vice president. in argentina, he and his second wife eva or evita are considered icons by many people, especially members of peronist party, which he started and is still popular today. he was elected in 1946. in 1955 he was overthrown and force 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 the first woman to be the head of a country's government in the western hemisphere.