Edelmiro Julián Farrell

He was born in 1887 in Villa de los Industriales (Lanús, Buenos Aires). He was the tenth son of Juan C. Farrell (1846–1887) and Catalina Plaul (1852–1917) and the grandson of Matthew Farrell (1803–1860) of County Longford, which was the family seat of the Farrell clan in Ireland as Lords of Annaly, and Mónica Ibáñez (1819–1867). ==Military career==

Farrell graduated from Argentine military school in 1907 as an infantry sub-lieutenant. He served in an Italian alpine regiment in Fascist Italy between 1924 and 1926. He then returned to Argentina. After the 1943 coup, Farrell was promoted to brigadier general and became vice-president during the military government of General Pedro Pablo Ramírez, who had deposed President Arturo Rawson. He was simultaneously Minister of War. Farrell appointed Juan Perón as his secretary. ==President==

Ramírez named Farrell as president on 25 February 1944. Farrell appointed Perón as vice-president. After popular demonstrations in favour of Perón in 1945 made Perón the most influential and important man in the government, Farrell announced presidential elections for 1946, and Perón was elected. On 4 June 1946, Farrell was succeeded as president by Perón. Farrell had been his commander while Perón was a colonel. Farrell declared war on Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 27 March 1945 towards the end of World War II after pressure to get Argentina as part of the Allies after the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace. ==Family==

He married on 10 July 1921, to Conrada Victoria Torni, a schoolteacher. They had three children: Nelly Victoria (1923–2023), Jorge Edelmiro (1925–1950), and Susana Mabel (1930–2020). Torni was only seen once serving in the role of first lady, separating from Farrell shortly after his oathtaking and moving to a rural estate in Mendoza Province. ==Death==

A widower, he died in Buenos Aires in 1980. ==In popular culture==

Farrell, in the movie Evita, is portrayed by British actor Denis Lill. ==References==