Spiritual Leader Of The Nation Of Argentina
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 a 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.
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