Argentine People of Scottish Descent - Juan Peron, Andrew Graham-Yooll, Walter Owen, Jose Luis Brown, Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton, Brown Family (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Juan Peron, Andrew Graham-Yooll, Walter Owen, Jose Luis Brown, Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton, Brown family, George Ferguson, Jorge Brown, Andrea Prodan, Carlos Mac Allister, Scottish Argentine, Arnold Watson Hutton, Alejandro Ferguson, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lucas Arnold Ker, Duncan Stewart, St. Andrew's Scots School, Alfredo Brown, Eliseo Brown, Alexander Watson Hutton, Ernesto Brown, Luca Prodan, Carlos Brown, Juan Domingo Brown, Eduardo Mac Entyre, Anibal Gordon, Jorge Broun, Diego Brown, Tomas Brown, Jeannette Campbell, Alejandro Anderson. Excerpt: Juan Domingo Peron (Spanish pronunciation: October 8, 1895 - July 1, 1974) was an Argentine military officer, and politician. Peron was three times elected as President of Argentina though he only managed to serve one full term, after serving in several government positions, including the Secretary of Labor and the Vice Presidency. He would return to run for the presidency a third term in 1973 and served for nine months, until his death in 1974. Peron was succeeded by his wife and Vice President of Argentina Maria Estela Martinez. Peron and his second wife, Eva Duarte, are immensely popular among many Argentines. They are still considered icons by the Peronists. The Perons' followers praised their efforts to eliminate poverty and to dignify labor, while their detractors considered them demagogues and dictators. The Perons gave their name to the political movement known as Peronismo, which in present-day Argentina is represented mainly by the Justicialist Party. Peron was born in Lobos, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 8, 1895. He was the son of Juana Sosa Toledo and Mario Tomas Peron. Peron's maternal grandparents were Spanish Argentine immigrants and indigenous. His paternal grandparents emigrated to Argentina from France, Scotland, and the ...