EVITA and JUAN DOMINGO PERON; Evita met Colonel Juan Perón on January 22, 1944 at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires. By then Perón was a rising political and military power in Argentina. In June of 1943 he had been one of the military leaders in charge of overthrowing the civilian government: he was rewarded with being placed in charge of the Ministry of Labor, where he improved rights for agricultural workers. Cult Of Personality, Political Organization, Political Leaders, Social Science, Historical Photos, Madonna, Presidents, Musicals, History