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Después que ellas han terminado, sería una ingratitud negar a ciudadano tan eminente el tributo de honor rendido a su mérito, y a una vida ilustrada con tantas virtudes, que supo consagrar entera al servicio de su patria.

In June 2014 Fernández de Kirchner was unable to prevent Argentina from going into technical In January 2015 the still-struggling economy became a secondary concern for Fernández de Kirchner, as she found herself at the centre of a scandal involving the death of a Fernández de Kirchner was prohibited by the constitution from running for another term in the 2015 presidential election. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician who in 2007 became the first female elected president of Argentina, serving until 2015. In January 2012 she took a 20-day medical leave from office in order to be treated for thyroid cancer. A new congress wrote a new constitution and elected The succession line of constitutional presidents run uninterrupted until 1930, when Between 1820 and 1826, the United Provinces functioned as a loose alliance of autonomous provinces put together by pacts and treaties (see United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1810–1831)Governors of Buenos Aires Province managing international relations (1820–1826)Governors of Buenos Aires Province managing international relations (1827–1831)Governors managing international relations (1831–1852)Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation (1852–1854)Timeline of head of states of Argentina by affiliationTimeline of head of states of Argentina by individualUnited Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1810–1831)Governors of Buenos Aires Province managing international relations (1820–1826)Governors of Buenos Aires Province managing international relations (1827–1831)Governors managing international relations (1831–1852)Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation (1852–1854)Timeline of head of states of Argentina by affiliationTimeline of head of states of Argentina by individual"Buenos Aires, diciembre 16 de 1829.- El primer comandante de Patricios, el primer presidente de un gobierno patrio, pudo sólo quedar olvidado en su fallecimiento por las circunstancias calamitosas en que el país se hallaba.

Her husband President Juan Peron delegated responsibility after doctors said he required 24-hour medical attention and rest.





Cristina Fernández de Kirchner holding up a picture of herself and her husband, former president Néstor Kirchner, while celebrating her victory in Argentina's 2011 presidential election.

First term.

First female president of Argentina elected as head of the …