Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Also known as Cristina Kirchner, CFK
President of Argentina 2007 to 2015; Vice President 2019 to 2023.
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- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer and politician, born in 1953.
- She was the 55th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015.
- She was the 37th Vice President, under Alberto Fernández, from 2019 to 2023.
- In December 2022 a court sentenced her to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from public office for corruption in the road infrastructure case.
- The Supreme Court upheld the verdict in June 2025.
Key facts
- Born
- 19 February 1953, Tolosa, La Plata1
- President of Argentina
- 2007 to 2015 (55th)1
- Vice President
- 2019 to 2023, under Alberto Fernández1
- First Lady
- 2003 to 2007, during the presidency of her husband Néstor Kirchner1
- National senator
- First elected in 1995; senator for Buenos Aires Province from 2005, and again from 20171
- Party
- Justicialist Party; elected its president in November 20241
- Conviction
- December 2022: six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office, for corruption ("fraudulent administration") in the road infrastructure case; upheld by a federal appeals court in November 2024 and by the Supreme Court on 10 June 2025; she serves the sentence at her home1
- Other case
- Ordered to stand trial over the 2013 memorandum with Iran on the AMIA bombing investigation (Supreme Court, December 2024)1
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