Aníbal Fernández

Aníbal Domingo Fernández (born January 9, 1957) is an Argentine politician, public accountant and lawyer affiliated and militant of the Justicialist Party, Since 2021, he has served as Argentina's Minister of Security, in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández.

Aníbal Fernández
Minister of Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 September 2021
President	Alberto Fernández
Preceded by	Sabina Frederic
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
In office 26 February 2015 – 10 December 2015
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Jorge Capitanich
Succeeded by	Marcos Peña
In office 8 July 2009 – 10 December 2011
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Sergio Massa
Succeeded by	Juan Manuel Abal Medina
General Secretary of the Presidency
In office 16 December 2014 – 26 February 2015
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Oscar Parrilli
Succeeded by	Eduardo de Pedro
In office 2 January 2002 – 3 October 2002
President	Eduardo Duhalde
Preceded by	Luis Lusquiños
Succeeded by	José Pampuro
National Senator
In office 10 December 2011 – 16 December 2014
Preceded by	Eric Calcagno
Succeeded by	Juan Manuel Abal Medina Jr.
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights
In office 10 December 2007 – 8 July 2009
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Alberto Iribarne
Succeeded by	Julio Alak
Minister of the Interior
In office 25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007
President	Néstor Kirchner
Preceded by	Jorge Matzkin
Succeeded by	Florencio Randazzo
Minister of Production
In office 3 October 2002 – 25 May 2003
President	Eduardo Duhalde
Preceded by	José Ignacio de Mendiguren
Succeeded by	Débora Giorgi
Mayor of Quilmes
In office 1991–1995
Preceded by	Eduardo Camaño
Succeeded by	Federico Scabarino
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-09) 9 January 1957 Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party
Other political affiliations	Front for Victory (2003–2015)
Alma mater	National University of Lomas de Zamora
Profession	Lawyer

He also held the positions of Secretary General of the Presidency, National Senator for the province of Buenos Aires during the period 2013-2015, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights between 2002 and 2011, under the orders of three different presidents: Eduardo Duhalde, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

On November 6, 2011, he became the person who remained in high-ranking public office the longest in Argentine history.

Early life and education

Born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Fernández received his CPA on 6 March 1982 from the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora and his law degree on 19 December 2001 from the same institution.

Other websites

• Newspaper of the Ministry of Interior
• Site of the Jauretche Institute