Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Fernández in 2021
37th Vice President of Argentina
In office 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
President	Alberto Fernández
Preceded by	Gabriela Michetti
Succeeded by	Victoria Villarruel
55th President of Argentina
In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015
Vice President	Julio Cobos (2007-2011) Amado Boudou (2011-2015)
Preceded by	Néstor Kirchner
Succeeded by	Mauricio Macri
First Lady of Argentina
In role 25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007
President	Néstor Kirchner
Preceded by	Hilda de Duhalde
Succeeded by	Néstor Kirchner (First Gentleman)
Member of the Senate of Argentina
In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2019
Constituency	Buenos Aires
In office 10 December 2005 – 28 November 2007
Constituency	Buenos Aires
In office 10 December 2001 – 9 December 2005
Constituency	Santa Cruz
In office 10 December 1995 – 3 December 1997
Constituency	Santa Cruz
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
In office 10 December 1997 – 9 December 2001
Constituency	Santa Cruz
Personal details
Born	Cristina Elisabet Fernández (1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 Tolosa, La Plata, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist
Other political affiliations	Front for Victory (2003–2017) Citizen's Unity (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019 coalition) (2019-present)
Spouse(s)	Néstor Kirchner ​ ​ (m. 1975; died 2010)​
Children	2, including Máximo
Alma mater	National University of La Plata
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Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (born 19 February 1953), also called Cristina Fernández, CFK or Cristina Kirchner, is an Argentine attorney and politician. She was the 37th Vice President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. She was previously the 55th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. She was born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. She is the daughter of Eduardo Fernandez ( of Spanish descent) a bus driver, and Ofelia Esther Wilhelm (of German descent). She is a lawyer and she was married to former Argentinian president Néstor Kirchner from 1975 until his death in 2010.

She was elected president in October 2007. She was re-elected to a second term in October 2011.

Corruption trial

On 30 September 2020, the federal criminal cassation court confirmed the corruption trials of Fernández de Kirchner, ruling the former president's objections to be inadmissible. After analyzing the claims of the defendants in the case for the never-ratified Memorandum with Iran, on 7 October 2021, the Federal Oral Court 8 declared the case null and void. The judges concluded that there was no crime in the signing of the agreement with Iran, and declared a judicial dismissal of Cristina Kirchner and the other defendants. On 6 December 2022, she was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for corruption, and has stated her intention to appeal the verdict. On November 13, 2024, the Court of Cassation confirmed the six-year prison sentence handed down to Cristina Kirchner for “fraud” and “corruption”.

Assassination attempt in 2022

See the main article: Attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

On September 1, 2022, after 9:00 p.m., the Brazilian Fernando Andres Sabag Montiel attempted to assassinate Cristina Kirchner outside her home in the Recoleta neighborhood. He pointed a 380-caliber Bersa pistol at his head and fired the shot but the bullet did not come out, and he was subdued by security personnel. The Vice President of Argentina was unharmed. It happened when she was returning to her home and signing books.

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Cristina with husband Néstor in 2004.