
His political career during which he served as mayor of Rio Gallegos (1987-1991), governor of the province of Santa Cruz (1991-2003), president of Argentina (2003-2007), Member (2009-2013) also included his work as secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Justice Party chairman until his death.
Leaders such as Brazil, Inácio Lula Da Silva, Kircher saw the designation as "the consolidation of a building stage Unasur" and noted that Argentine political experience made him "a hundred percent fit to be an outstanding Secretary General." And is that during his tenure as president of Argentina, Kirchner is characterized by maintaining a critical stance against the economic dictatorship exercised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB).
One of the key measures of his government was to cancel debt in advance with the IMF for a total of 9 thousand 810 million dollars to complete and subject to the policies trying to impose neo-liberal organization. In January 2004, during the IV Summit of the Americas, Kirchner expressed their rejection of the FTAA trade agreement (proposed by the U.S.) and raised the need for a coalition of countries in the region to promote its own independent economy imperialism, which established a precedent that led to his being considered one of the politicians who most worked for the South American union.
At that meeting, the performance of Kirchner, along with other progressive leaders of Latin America, was instrumental in defeating the FTAA, scheduled to come into force in January 2005 and would meaning submission to the economic model imposed by the United States.
political Kirchner Law Degree in 1976 from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Kirchner participated as a member of the Peronist Youth in the 70's as a student leader at the university where he met his wife, Cristina Fernandez.
In 1976, he moved with his wife to Rio Gallegos to practice as a lawyer and temporarily withdrawing from politics until 1983, when it became a provincial government official.
in 1986 was domestic support for the candidacy for municipal mayor (mayor) the city of Rio Gallegos and triumphed in elections next year.
Kirchner management as mayor from 1987 to 1991, allowed him to pave the way to be elected governor of the province of Santa Cruz in 1991, with 61% of the vote. In Santa Cruz had a successful management in which managed to maintain a fiscal surplus in a region that came from a trade deficit of about one thousand 200 million dollars.
In 1992 he became chairman of the Provincial Council of the Peronist Party and secretary of the National Council Political Action. In 1993 he was appointed Constitutional Convention to reform the National Constitution of Argentina. In
1996 he founded the Peronist current within the Peronist Party and ran for the presidency in 2003, against Carlos Menem, who ruled the country between 1989 and 1999 - and then-President Eduardo Duhalde (2002-2003). President Kirchner
The May 25, 2003, Nestor Kirchner, born on February 25, 1950 in Rio Gallegos, in the southern province of Santa Cruz, became president of Argentina and had a government program characterized by policies economic and social success which contributed to the decline in unemployment to 10%, a significant reduction due to the economic crisis that shook the nation after the government the agent.
During his tenure, Kirchner also gave priority to human rights issues and urged the prosecution of those responsible for crimes against humanity that occurred during the 70's of XX century, made by the Triple A and Government Process National Reorganization achievement attained by the cancellation in the National Congress of the laws of Due Obedience and Full Stop.
On June 2, 2007 the Chief of Cabinet Alberto Ángel Fernández, Kirchner confirmed that he would not seek reelection in the October presidential elections, and said that he would be thrown to the presidency would be his wife, Senator Cristina Fernandez, representing the "Front for Victory (FPV - Province of Buenos Aires).
Kirchner ended his term on December 10, 2007 and handed power to his wife Cristina Fernandez, who won the elections on 28 October that year. After leaving office as President went on to engage in partisan activity, and emerged as presidential candidate for 2011.
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Kirchner Kirchner was elected deputy of the nation in 2009 and the following year, the Heads of State Unasur unanimously elected him as Secretary General of the organization.
After taking office, he had to face a series of political conflicts in which successfully drove the actions of regional body to preserve the unity of the bloc. Kirchner was one of the main protagonists in the negotiations for the restructuring of relations between Venezuela and Colombia, after the break brought about by the government of Alvaro Uribe.
In January 2010, actively participated in the meeting in Santa Marta, which was agreed between President Chavez and the newly elected Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, who agreed to a roadmap for the restoration of diplomatic ties and trade.
Once the rupture between Caracas and Bogota, occurred on attempted coup in Ecuador, perpetrated by the opposition in that country, who manipulated a police sector to generate riots and kidnap the president, with orders to execute.
UNASUR called an emergency meeting in Buenos Aires to express their full backing to the president, Rafael Correa, and agreed a series of stringent measures would be applied to any country where democracy was attacked. The attempted coup was passed and President Correa, after being rescued by a military operation, he returned to his duties that day and thanked the efforts of Kirchner in Unasur.
"Thanks to the intervention of the people, the patriotic armed forces and, ostensibly, international solidarity through organizations such as UNASUR and the OAS, this attempt failed. I thank these agencies, like the solidarity shown by the UNASUR, body reliably proven its legitimacy both by the speed of your call and meeting in Buenos Aires, for categorical responses to any attempt to destabilize democracy in the region " , Correa wrote to Kirchner.
Kirchner, in his capacity as Secretary General of UNASUR, with Correa (President Pro Tempore of the organization), would be responsible for drafting the democratic clause to be discussed by Heads of State in the region on 26 November this year.