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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

1953 - Today

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Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (née Fernández; born 19 February 1953) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 56th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under President Alberto Fernández from 2019 to 2023. The widow of Néstor Kirchner, she was also First Lady during his presidency from 2003 to 2007. She was the second female president of Argentina (after Isabel Perón) and the first to be directly elected to office. Ideologically self-identified as a Peronist and a progressive, her political approach is called Kirchnerism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the 1,146th most popular politician (down from 1,067th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Argentina and the 5th most popular Argentinean Politician.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is most famous for being the president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ranks 1,146 out of 19,576Before her are Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Sima Yi, John I of Portugal, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Alfonso XII of Spain, and Chaim Weizmann. After her are Béla Kun, Constantine IX Monomachos, Frederick V of Denmark, Yun Posun, Modu Chanyu, and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ranks 10Before her are Zico, Moon Jae-in, Herta Müller, Jerome Powell, Jeffrey Epstein, and Steve Bannon. After her are Ahmad Shah Massoud, Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, David Morse, Kim Basinger, and John Malkovich.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ranks 14 out of 1,154Before her are Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), Astor Piazzolla (1921), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), José de San Martín (1778), and Lionel Messi (1987). After her are Martha Argerich (1941), Daniel Barenboim (1942), Diego Simeone (1970), Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), and Carlos Menem (1930).

Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ranks 5Before her are Eva Perón (1919), Juan Perón (1895), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), and Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931). After her are Carlos Menem (1930), Néstor Kirchner (1950), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Alberto Fernández (1959), and Reynaldo Bignone (1928).