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Kirchner was born in Río Gallegos, in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz.
His father, a post office official, was of Swiss descent; his mother of
Croatian background (Ostoić). He received his primary and secondary
education at local public schools; he obtained his high-school diploma from
the Colegio Nacional República de Guatemala.
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Early on, Kirchner participated in the Movimiento Justicialista, first as a
member of the Young Peronists, whose leftwing radicalism was strongly
opposed to the military dictatorships. In the mid-1970s, Kirchner studied
law at La Plata National University , receiving his law degree in 1976. He
returned to Río Gallegos with his wife, Cristina Fernández , also a lawyer
and member of the Justicialist Party (JP), to practice law. During the
Videla junta, he was incarcerated at one point, the reason for and duration
of which is not known.
After the downfall of the military dictatorship and restoration of democracy
in 1983, Kirchner became a public officer in the provincial government. The
following year, he was briefly president of the Río Gallegos social welfare
fund, but was forced out by the governor because of a dispute over financial
policy. The affair made him a local celebrity and laid the foundation for
his subsequent political career.
By 1986, Kirchner had developed sufficient political capital to be put
forward as the PJ's candidate for mayor of Río Gallegos. He won the 1987
elections for this post by the slimmest of margins — some one hundred votes.
Fellow PJ member Ricardo del Val became governor, which kept Santa Cruz
firmly within the hands of the PJ.
Kirchner's performance as mayor from 1987 to 1991 was satisfactory enough
from both the point of view of the electorate and the party to enable him to
run for governor in 1991, which he won with 61% of the votes. By this time
his wife was also member of the provincial congress.
Profile:
Term of Office: May 25, 2003–Present
Predecessor: Eduardo Duhalde
Successor: incumbent
Vice-president: Daniel Scioli
Date of Birth: February 25, 1950
Place of Birth: Río Gallegos
Profession: Lawyer
Political Party: Justicialist |
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