(8 October 1895-1 July 1974)
forced to resign by his opponents within the armed forces, 9 October 1945, Perón was arrested shortly after, but large mass demonstrations, organized by the CGT, made considerable pressure on the government and led to his release, Oct. 17, the popular support also opened the way for the candidacy for the presidency, which was realized with 56% of the vote in the elections of February 24, 1946 .
Perón pursued social policies that aimed to increase the power of the working class. He greatly expanded the number of unionized workers, and contributed to strengthen the powerful General Confederation of Labour (CGT). He called this the "third place" (definition used later by many European radical activist movements, including Italian), between capitalism and communism, although he was anti-American and anti-British. Perón also pushed hard to industrialize the country in 1947 announced the first five-year plan to give aid to the newly nationalized industries. His ideology, known as Peronism, and that was the establishment of institutional outlet Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista), had great influence among the political parties in Argentina.
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