Néstor Kirchner

**Néstor Kirchner** (born **Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić**, 25 February 1950 – 27 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who was the 54th President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. Previously, he was the acting president of Argentina from May to December 2003. After his presidency, Kirchner became the First Gentleman of Argentina from 2007 until his death in 2010. As member of the Justicialist Party, he previously served as Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, and mayor of Río Gallegos from 1987 to 1991. He later served as the first ever (and still only) First Gentleman of Argentina during the first tenure of his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Ideologically, he identified himself as a Peronist and a progressive, with his political approach called Kirchnerism.

During his presidency, Kirchner was considered Argentina's fixer as he led Argentina out of instability and violence following the December 2001 Argentine Riots. He made many Argentine's experience, stability and prosperity. Corruption and Inflation lowered as well.

In 2007, Kirchner handed over the presidency to his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. This was the second time a male Argentine presidnet handed over power to his wife, after Juan Perón and Isabel Peron in 1974 where Isabsl took power after Juan died.

After handing power to his wife, Kirchner became the First Gentleman of Argentina. On 27 October 2010, Kirchner died of a heart attack in El Calafate, Santa Cruz at the age of 60.

## Related pages

- Death and state funeral of Néstor Kirchner

## Other websites

- Office of the President

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: Presidente Nestor Kirchner (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Kirchner in 2005
- **office**: 54th President of Argentina
- **term start**: 10 December 2003
- **term end**: 10 December 2007

- **vicepresident**: Daniel Scioli
- **predecessor**: Eduardo Duhalde (Acting)
- **successor**: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- **office1**: First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina, First Gentleman of Argentina
- **term start1**: 10 December 2007
- **term end1**: 27 October 2010
- **president1**: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- **predecessor1**: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (as First Lady)
- **successor1**: Juliana Awada (as First Lady, 2015)
- **office2**: 1st Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, Secretary General of UNASUR
- **term start2**: 4 May 2010
- **term end2**: 27 October 2010
- **predecessor2**: Office established
- **successor2**: María Emma Mejía Vélez
- **order3**: Argentine Chamber of Deputies, National Deputy
- **term start3**: 10 December 2009
- **term end3**: 27 October 2010
- **constituency3**: Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires
- **office4**: President of the Justicialist Party
- **term start4**: 11 November 2009
- **term end4**: 27 October 2010
- **predecessor4**: Daniel Scioli
- **successor4**: Daniel Scioli
- **term start5**: 25 April 2008
- **term end5**: 29 June 2009
- **predecessor5**: Ramón Ruiz
- **successor5**: Daniel Scioli
- **office6**: Member of the 1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Constitutional Convention
- **term start6**: 1 May 1994
- **term end6**: 22 August 1994
- **constituency6**: Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz
- **order7**: List of Governors of Santa Cruz, Governor of Santa Cruz
- **term start7**: 10 December 1991
- **term end7**: 25 May 2003
- **predecessor7**: Ricardo del Val
- **successor7**: Héctor Icazuriaga
- **order8**: Intendant of Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos
- **term start8**: 10 December 1987
- **term end8**: 10 December 1991
- **predecessor8**: Jorge Marcelo Cepernic
- **successor8**: Alfredo Anselmo Martínez
- **birth name**: Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić
- **birth place**: Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- **death place**: El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- **restingplace**: Mausoleum of Néstor Kirchner, Río Gallegos
- **party**: Justicialist Party
- **children**: 2, including Máximo Kirchner, Máximo
- **occupation**: Politician, Lawyer
- **alma mater**: National University of La Plata
- **signature**: Néstor Kirchner Signature.svg