In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.

2007 Argentine general election

Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 28 October 2007, and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year. For the national elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are…

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner 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…

President of Argentina

Head of state and government of Argentina

The president of Argentina, officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation, is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under the national constitution, the president is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander-in-chief of the…