Presidency of Néstor Kirchner
The Presidency of Néstor Kirchner began on 25 May 2003, when Néstor Kirchner became President of Argentina. He was the Governor of Santa Cruz during the 2003 general election, he was elected second to Carlos Menem but became president when Menem refused to go for a required runoff election. In elections of October 2007, he declined for a second term and was later succeeded by his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as President.
Presidency of Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner and the Minister of Economy during most of his term, Roberto Lavagna.
Kirchner meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in March 2004
Néstor and Cristina Kirchner at an election-eve campaign rally, 2007.
Alberto Ángel Fernández is an Argentine politician, lawyer, and academic who is the President of the Justicialist Party since 2021. He was previously the President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. He was also the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers from 2003 to 2008. His tenure as Cabinet Chief remains the longest since the post was created in 1994.
Fernández in 2021
Fernández (right) with President Néstor Kirchner and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana in 2007.
Fernández (right) took oath as the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on 10 December 2007
President-elect Fernández meets with outgoing President Macri following national elections that took place the previous day.
