Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Kirchner (born Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić, 25 February 1950 – 27 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who was the 54th President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. Previously, he was the acting president of Argentina from May to December 2003. After his presidency, Kirchner became the First Gentleman of Argentina from 2007 until his death in 2010. As member of the Justicialist Party, he previously served as Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, and mayor of Río Gallegos from 1987 to 1991. He later served as the first ever (and still only) First Gentleman of Argentina during the first tenure of his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Ideologically, he identified himself as a Peronist and a progressive, with his political approach called Kirchnerism.

Néstor Kirchner
Kirchner in 2005
54th President of Argentina
In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2007 Acting: 25 May – 10 December 2003
Vice President	Daniel Scioli
Preceded by	Eduardo Duhalde (Acting)
Succeeded by	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
First Gentleman of Argentina
In office 10 December 2007 – 27 October 2010
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (as First Lady)
Succeeded by	Juliana Awada (as First Lady, 2015)
1st Secretary General of UNASUR
In office 4 May 2010 – 27 October 2010
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	María Emma Mejía Vélez
National Deputy
In office 10 December 2009 – 27 October 2010
Constituency	Buenos Aires
President of the Justicialist Party
In office 11 November 2009 – 27 October 2010
Preceded by	Daniel Scioli
Succeeded by	Daniel Scioli
In office 25 April 2008 – 29 June 2009
Preceded by	Ramón Ruiz
Succeeded by	Daniel Scioli
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office 1 May 1994 – 22 August 1994
Constituency	Santa Cruz
Governor of Santa Cruz
In office 10 December 1991 – 25 May 2003
Vice Governor	Eduardo Arnold (1991–1999) Héctor Icazuriaga (1999–2003)
Preceded by	Ricardo del Val
Succeeded by	Héctor Icazuriaga
Intendant of Río Gallegos
In office 10 December 1987 – 10 December 1991
Preceded by	Jorge Marcelo Cepernic
Succeeded by	Alfredo Anselmo Martínez
Personal details
Born	Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (1950-02-25)25 February 1950 Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Died	27 October 2010(2010-10-27) (aged 60) El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Resting place	Mausoleum of Néstor Kirchner, Río Gallegos
Political party	Justicialist Party
Spouse(s)	Cristina Fernández ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	2, including Máximo
Alma mater	National University of La Plata
Occupation	Politician, Lawyer
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During his presidency, Kirchner was considered Argentina's fixer as he led Argentina out of instability and violence following the December 2001 Argentine Riots. He made many Argentine's experience, stability and prosperity. Corruption and Inflation lowered as well.

In 2007, Kirchner handed over the presidency to his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. This was the second time a male Argentine presidnet handed over power to his wife, after Juan Perón and Isabel Peron in 1974 where Isabsl took power after Juan died.

After handing power to his wife, Kirchner became the First Gentleman of Argentina. On 27 October 2010, Kirchner died of a heart attack in El Calafate, Santa Cruz at the age of 60.

Related pages

• Death and state funeral of Néstor Kirchner

Other websites

• Office of the President Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)