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Juan Perón

President of Argentina, 1946 to 1955 and 1973 to 1974

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Built a mass movement of workers, expanded welfare and union power and ruled with strongman tactics. "Peronism" still shapes Argentine politics.

Juan Perón sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Juan Perón sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Juan Perón

PeronismAn Argentine movement blending labor rights, welfare and economic nationalism around a…99%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.96%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…95%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…95%

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