NESTOR KIRCHNER

(Néstor Carlos Kirchner Jr.)


Nestor Kirchner
Nestor Kirchner
  • Born: February 25, 1950
  • Died: October 27, 2010
  • Nationality: Argentinian
  • Profession: Statesman

Néstor Carlos Kirchner Jr. was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 50th President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and the first gentleman during the first tenure of his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He was President of the Justicialist Party from 2008 to 2010. Ideologically, he identified himself as a Peronist and a progressive, with his political approach called Kirchnerism.