Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Cristina Elisabeth Fern‡ndez (born 19 February 1953) is a politician from La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a Senator for Buenos Aires Province and the Argentine First Lady.[1] She was officially confirmed as the ruling Front for Victory's candidate for the presidency of Argentina in

With the October 2007 elections approaching, Fern‡ndez de Kirchner began to receive repeated indirect support from members of her party as a prospective presidential candidate. [4] Some political analysts hypothesized that NŽstor Kirchner could forego reelection and support his wife, who could do the same for him after her term, thus solving the lame duck problem.[5] Surveys showed that the First Lady would win the presidential election by a wide margin over all other representative candidates (except her husband himself). [6] [7] On 1 July 2007, Chief of Cabinet Alberto Fern‡ndez (who often acts as a spokesperson for the presidency) told the press that Fern‡ndez de Kirchner would indeed be the presidential candidate, and that her campaign would be officially launched on 19 July. [2] [8]