Victim of a 1955 coup (5)
I believe the answer is:
peron
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">victim of a 1955 coup</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for peron that I've seen before include "Juan ---, Argentine dictator" , "Former Argentinian leader" , "Prone to being an Argentine president" , "Surname of Evita of the musical" , "Argentinian dictator, 1946-55" .)