{{Short description|23rd President of Argentina}} {{Family name hatnote|Farrell|Plaul|lang=Hispanic American}} {{Multiple issues| {{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=April 2026}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2013}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Edelmiro Julián Farrell | image = Farrel.jpg | office = President of Argentina | order = 28th | status = ''De facto'' | appointer = Military junta | vice_president = ''Himself''<br />''None'' (Mar–Jul 1944)<br>Juan Domingo Perón {{nowrap|(1944–1945)}}<br>Juan Pistarini {{nowrap|(1945–1946)}} | signature = FARRELL.JPG | term_start = 9 March 1944 | term_end = 3 June 1946 | predecessor = Pedro Pablo Ramírez {{nowrap|(''de facto'')}} | successor = Juan Domingo Perón | office2 = Vice President of Argentina | order2 = 19th | status2 = ''De facto'' | term_start2 = 15 October 1943 | term_end2 = 9 March 1944 | president2 = Pedro Pablo Ramírez | predecessor2 = Sabá Sueyro (''de facto'') | successor2 = Juan Domingo Perón {{nowrap|(''de facto'')}} | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|2|12}} | birth_place = Lanús | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|10|21|1887|2|21}} | death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | resting_place = Cementerio de la Chacarita<br>Buenos Aires | spouse = Conrada Victoria Torni (1919–1977) | party = Independent | profession = Military <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = Argentina | branch = Argentine Army | service_years = 1907–1946 | rank = Major general | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | term = Acting: 25 February 1944 – 9 March 1944 }}

'''Edelmiro Julián Farrell Plaul''' ({{IPA|es|eðelˈmiɾo faˈrel|lang}}; 12 February 1887 &ndash; 21 October 1980) was an Argentine general. He was the ''de facto'' president of Argentina between 1944 and 1946.

Farrell had a great influence on later Argentine history by introducing his assistant Juan Perón into government and paving the way for Perón's subsequent political career.

==Early life== 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. {{citation needed|date=October 2009}}

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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caucino |first1=Mariano |title=El día que la Argentina le declaró la guerra a Alemania |trans-title=The day Argentina declared war on Germany|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2020/03/27/el-dia-que-la-argentina-le-declaro-la-guerra-a-alemania/ |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=Infobae |date=27 March 2020 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

==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).<ref>{{cite news |title=Susana Mabel Farrell Torni |url=https://genealogiafamiliar.net/getperson.php?personID=I669775&tree=BVCZ |access-date=13 February 2026 |work=Genealogía Familiar Argentina |date=18 June 2021 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FARRELL DE DO PICO, Nelly Victoria |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/avisos/funebres/sepelios-y-participaciones/farrell-de-do-pico-nelly-victoria-nid11032023/ |access-date=13 February 2026 |work=La Nación |date=11 March 2023 |language=es}}</ref> 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.<ref name="pplana">{{cite news |title=La Señora presidenta |url=https://www.magicasruinas.com.ar/revistero/argentina/argentina-la-presidenta.htm |access-date=13 February 2026 |work=Primera Plana |date=17 August 1965 |language=es}}</ref>

==Death== A widower, he died in Buenos Aires in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography > "Farrell, Edelmiro Julián (1887-1980)" |url=http://www.irlandeses.org/dilab_farrellej.htm |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=irlandeses.org}}</ref>

==In popular culture== Farrell, in the movie ''Evita'', is portrayed by British actor Denis Lill.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

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==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.todo-argentina.net/biografias/Personajes/edelmiro_juan_farrell.htm Short Biography] (Spanish)

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