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Argentine actress and politician (–)

In this Argentine name, the surname is Duarte and the marital name is Perón.

María Eva Duarte de Perón (Spanish pronunciation:[maˈɾi.aˈeβaˈðwarteðepeˈɾon]; née&#;María Eva Duarte; 7 May – 26 July ), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (Spanish:[eˈβita]), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June until her death in July , as the wife of Argentine PresidentJuan Perón.

She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In , at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress.

She married Perón in , when he was still an army colonel, and was propelled onto the political stage when he became President in She became a central figure of Peronism and Argentine culture because of the Eva P