Military Appointments Document Signed by Juan Perón During Argentina’s 1944 Political Realignment

Juan Peron

Manuscripts & Autographs

Perón, Juan. Signed military appointments document. May 12, 1944. This document records the administrative machinery of the Argentine Army during the period in which Juan Perón was consolidating influence within the military government that emerged after the 1943 coup. The material preserves an official appointments record on Ejército Argentino letterhead documenting military personnel administration and the exercise of authority through routine bureaucratic instruments. Created two years before Perón’s first election to the presidency in 1946, it provides evidence for the study of Argentine military governance, state formation, and the bureaucratic foundations of Perón’s early political ascent. Perón was an army colonel who later became president of Argentina and founder of the Peronist movement.

Perón, Juan. Ejército Argentino document signed. Buenos Aires, May 12, 1944. One page, 8.5 x 13 inches. Signed “Perón” in fountain pen. The document concerns the appointment of officials, preserving the formal language and administrative structure of wartime Argentine military paperwork. Several official stamps and notations appear on the sheet, and punch holes at the left margin indicate filing within an institutional records system. Military letterhead, personnel content, manuscript signature, and office markings place the document within the daily administrative practices through which the army managed rank, assignments, and internal authority during a politically volatile year. A comparable June 1944 document signed by Perón identifies him as Secretary of Labor and Welfare, while a July 1944 signed directive shows him acting as War Minister, underscoring how rapidly his governmental authority expanded during this period.

Dated in the midst of World War II and less than two years before Perón’s presidential victory, the document belongs to the transitional phase in which military office, labor policy, and executive ambition became closely linked in Argentine public life. The document places Perón within the military bureaucracy that supported the political position later identified with Peronism. Punch holes to left side and several official notations and stamps; signature remains clear and strong. Overall very good condition. A concise Perón document from the bureaucratic phase of his rise, preserving the institutional structure of Argentine military governance in 1944.

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Price: $450.00