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[[Image:Kirchner marzo 2007 Congreso.jpg|thumb|right|Néstor Kirchner in 2007]]
| image = Presidente Nestor Kirchner (cropped).jpg
'''Néstor Kirchner''' (February 25, 1950 - October 27, 2010) was [[President]] of [[Argentina]] between 2003 and 2007. He was born in [[Santa Cruz Province]], [[Patagonia]], where he was [[governor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/10/2010102713264244362.html?asid=111b4c78|title=Argentine ex-leader Kirchner dies|publisher=Al-Jazeera|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref> On May 4, 2010 he became the first Secretary General of UNASUR.<ref>[http://english.telam.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9144:former-president-kirchner-appointed-secretary-general-of-unasur&catid=42:politics Former President Kirchner appointed secretary general of UNASUR]</ref> He died in Calafate on October 27, 2010 from heart failure which was caused by an earlier case of a [[heart attack]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10627873|newspaper=BBC News|date=October 27, 2010}}</ref> He was elected President in 2003, preceded by [[Eduardo Duhalde]]. Kirchner's [[widow]], [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]], is the current president of Argentina.
| caption = Kirchner in 2005
| office = 54th [[President of Argentina]]
| term_start = 10 December 2003
| term_end = 10 December 2007{{efn|Kirchner completed the remaining term of [[Fernando de la Rúa]] from May to December 2003 where he won a term of his own and where he was officially declared president }}<br/>{{small|Acting: 25 May – 10 December 2003}}
| vicepresident = [[Daniel Scioli]]
| predecessor = [[Eduardo Duhalde]] (Acting)
| successor = [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]]
| office1 = [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina|First Gentleman of Argentina]]
| term_start1 = 10 December 2007
| term_end1 = 27 October 2010
| president1 = Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
| predecessor1 = Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (as First Lady)
| successor1 = [[Juliana Awada]] (as First Lady, 2015)
| office2 = 1st [[Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations|Secretary General of UNASUR]]
| term_start2 = 4 May 2010
| term_end2 = 27 October 2010
| predecessor2 = Office established
| successor2 = [[María Emma Mejía Vélez]]
| order3 = [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]]
| term_start3 = 10 December 2009
| term_end3 = 27 October 2010
| constituency3 = [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]]
| office4 = President of the [[Justicialist Party]]
| term_start4 = 11 November 2009
| term_end4 = 27 October 2010
| predecessor4 = [[Daniel Scioli]]
| successor4 = Daniel Scioli
| term_start5 = 25 April 2008
| term_end5 = 29 June 2009
| predecessor5 = Ramón Ruiz
| successor5 = Daniel Scioli
| office6 = Member of the [[1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina|Constitutional Convention]]
| term_start6 = 1 May 1994
| term_end6 = 22 August 1994
| constituency6 = [[Santa Cruz Province, Argentina|Santa Cruz]]
| order7 = [[List of Governors of Santa Cruz|Governor of Santa Cruz]]
| term_start7 = 10 December 1991
| term_end7 = 25 May 2003
| vicegovernor7 = {{plainlist|
* [[Eduardo Arnold]] (1991–1999)
* [[Héctor Icazuriaga]] (1999–2003)
}}
| predecessor7 = Ricardo del Val
| successor7 = [[Héctor Icazuriaga]]
| order8 = Intendant of [[Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz|Río Gallegos]]
| term_start8 = 10 December 1987
| term_end8 = 10 December 1991
| predecessor8 = Jorge Marcelo Cepernic
| successor8 = Alfredo Anselmo Martínez
| birth_name = Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|02|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz]], Argentina
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|10|27|1950|02|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[El Calafate]], Santa Cruz, Argentina
| restingplace = [[Mausoleum of Néstor Kirchner]], Río Gallegos
| restingplacecoordinates =
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Fernández]]|1975}}
| party = [[Justicialist Party]]
| children = 2, including [[Máximo Kirchner|Máximo]]
| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Lawyer]]
| alma_mater = [[National University of La Plata]]
| signature = Néstor Kirchner Signature.svg
| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=18 NESTOR KIRCHNER.ogg|title=Néstor Kirchner's voice|type=speech|description=Néstor Kirchner‘s speech for the [[Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice]]<br>(recorded March 24, 2004)}}
}}
'''Néstor Kirchner''' (born '''Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić'''{{efn|Kirchner's full birth name was '''Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić''', but then Kirchner simplified his full name just simply into '''Nestor Kirchner''' in 1970.}}, 25 February 1950 – 27 October 2010) was an [[Argentina|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 Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina|First Gentleman of Argentina]] from 2007 until his [[Death and state funeral of Néstor Kirchner|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, Santa Cruz|Río Gallegos]] from 1987 to 1991. He later served as the first ever (and still only) [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina|First Gentleman of Argentina]] during the first tenure of his wife, [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]]. Ideologically, he identified himself as a [[Peronism|Peronist]] and a [[Progressivism|progressive]], with his political approach called [[Kirchnerism]].
 
During his presidency, Kirchner was considered Argentina's fixer as he led Argentina out of [[instability]] and [[violence]] following the [[December 2001 Riots in Argentina|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 Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina|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]]
 
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