Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was born on 19 February 1953 in Tolosa. An Argentine politician and lawyer, Fernandez de Kirchner was elected president in 2007, succeeding her husband Nestor Kirchner, and was re-elected in 2011. A member of the Peronist movement, she pursued left-leaning populist policies that expanded social welfare while using currency controls and price controls, and she clashed with the media and with creditors over the country's debt. She later served as vice president from 2019 to 2023 under Alberto Fernandez. She has faced a number of legal cases for corruption, including a conviction in 2022 for fraudulent administration, which she denounced as political persecution.
Before and after
- from 1953 to 1963Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- 1953The Miller-Urey experiment makes amino acids from simple gases
- 20 January 1953Birth of Jeffrey Epstein
- 24 January 1953Birth of Moon Jae-in
- 19 February 1953Birth of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- 5 March 1953Death of Joseph Stalin
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 6 May 1953Birth of Tony Blair
- 16 May 1953Birth of Pierce Brosnan
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