"Evita" surname (5)

I believe the answer is:

peron

'evita surname' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for peron that I've seen before include "Argentinian president, Evita his wife" , "Former Argentinian leader" , "Juan ---, Argentine dictator" , "Juan, maybe" , "Argentinian dictator, 1946-55" .)

I've seen this clue in the Thinks.com, the USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Newsday and the King Feature Syndicate.

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