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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

b. 1953 · 20th century

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine Peronist politician who succeeded her husband Néstor Kirchner as president, serving from 2007 to 2015, and was vice-president from 2019 to 2023. Her governments expanded social spending and nationalised the pension funds and the oil company YPF amid rising inflation. In 2022 she was convicted of fraud over public works contracts.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner
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“Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner (Accessed: ).

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