Portrait of Juan Perón
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Juan Perón

Role
Argentine president
Lived
1895–1974
Country of activity
Argentina Argentina
Strongest axis
Nationalism 83%

Juan Perón was an Argentine army officer elected president three times between 1946 and 1973. His movement, Peronism, combined nationalism, state-led industrialization and expanded labor rights with strong personal control of politics.

In the 12 Axes register, Juan Perón leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Nationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Juan Perón sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary 83%

Centralized

Concentrated power in the national executive

DemocraticAutocratic 68%

Bicameral

Elected, but curbed press and opposition

Security 68%Freedom

Statist

Restricted dissent and independent unions

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism 83%

Nationalist

"Third Position" Argentine nationalism

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

Army officer who avoided foreign wars

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Centrist

No strong stance on diversity

Economy

Collectivize 68%Privatize

Social Democratic

Nationalized railways and utilities

Planned 83%Markets

Interventionism

Five-year plans and state trading board

Isolationism 83%Globalism

Protectionist

Import-substitution industrialization

Society

IrreligiousReligious 68%

Spiritual

Catholic who later clashed with the Church

ProgressiveTraditional 68%

Conservative

Expanded labor rights and women's suffrage

Acceleration 68%Bioconservative

Technological

Promoted national industry and nuclear research

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Juan Perón is at Autocratic 68%. The register median is Democratic 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Militarist – Pacifist

On Militarist – Pacifist, Juan Perón is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].