Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina

Date of birth: 19th February 1953.

Place of birth: La Plata, Buenos Aires.

Profession: Lawyer

Marital Status: Married to Néstor Carlos Kirchner

Children: Máximo Kirchner - Florencia Kirchner

Background, both professional and in the Public Administration

 · Previous position: Senator for the Province of Buenos Aires, Chairwoman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Honourable Senate of the Nation.

 . 2001- 2005: National Senator for the Province of Santa Cruz.

 . 1998: Member of the Provincial Constituent Assembly, Province of Santa Cruz 

. 1997-2001: Congresswoman, representing the Province of Santa Cruz and Vice Chair of the Education Committee at the House of Representatives, Congress of the Nation.

 . 2000: Second Vice Chair of the House of Representatives (Congress of the Nation) Special Investigation Committee  concerning illegal acts related to money laundering 

. 1999: Chair of the Special Bicameral Committee  in charge of following up the investigation related to the attacks on the Israeli Embassy and the AMIA Building (September-December) 

. 1995-1997: Senator for the Province of Santa Cruz (resigns when she becomes a Congesswoman)  

. 1995: Re-elected provincial representative (resigns to take on office as Senator at the Congress of the Nation)

. 1994: Member of the National Constituent Convention for the Province of Santa Cruz.

 . 1993: Re-elected provincial House Representative.

. 1990: First Vice Chair of the House of Representatives of the Province of Santa Cruz.

. 1989: Provincial House Representative in the Province of Santa Cruz and Chair of the Constitutional Affairs, Authorities and Regulations Committee of the Honourable House of Representatives of the Province of Santa Cruz (up to 1995)

. Since she was a student at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, she has been a staunch supporter of the Justicialista Movement and committed to defend Human Rights.