Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina

Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina
Term length	None
Inaugural holder	Eva Perón
Formation	7 May 1952
Final holder	Eva Perón
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Spiritual Leader of the Nation (Spanish: Líder Espiritual de la Nación, also referred to as Spiritual Chief of the Nation, Jefa Espiritual de la Nación, and Spiritual Chief of the State, Jefa Espiritual del Estado) was an honorary position created by the Argentine Congress in the early 1950s and only ever held by Eva Perón, wife of Juan Domingo Perón. Eva Perón was elected Spiritual Leader/Chief of the Nation on May 7, 1952 and died on July 26 of that year. The title of Spiritual Chief or Leader of the Nation would never again be bestowed on any Argentine, preserved in history as a special position for Eva.

The First Lady, Eva Perón was the wife, top adviser, and political partner of President of the Argentine Nation Juan Perón. Her power was such that she was referred to as "La Presidenta", Spanish for "The (female) President" and in the Casa Rosada museum where almost every president's statue stands alone, a statue of Evita stands with her husband. It is widely speculated by historians that she would have (officially) become the first female President in Argentina had it not been for her early death.

Evita held many de facto posts in government. Evita never held a cabinet position, though she was the de facto head of many ministries. Most notably, she was the de facto Secretary of Labour and Minister for Education. She was also the de facto head of the General Confederation of Labour. She was officially the president of the large and powerful state-controlled institute of social welfare which she founded and ran, the Eva Perón Foundation, as well as the official president of the Female Peronist Party. The Justicialist Party also recognized Eva as its national head, a position she shared equally with Juan. Over the years she had been given many unofficial titles in addition to "La Presidenta", such as the Lady of Hope, First Samaritan, Lady of the Descamisados, the Rainbow of Argentina, and Santa (Saint) Evita. As the wife of the President, Eva, of course, held the title of First Lady.

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