Néstor Kirchner: Difference between revisions

'''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.