Alicia Kirchner

Alicia Margarita Kirchner Ostoić (born 18 July 1946) is an Argentine politician. She is the elder sister of the late former President Néstor Kirchner and served in his government as Minister of Social Development, a role which she held under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her sister-in-law, until the end of her presidential term on 9 December 2015. She served two consecutive terms as governor of her native Santa Cruz Province from 2015 to 2023.

Alicia Kirchner
National Senator
Assumed office
10 December 2023
ConstituencySanta Cruz
In office
10 December 2005 – 14 August 2006
ConstituencySanta Cruz
Governor of Santa Cruz
In office
10 December 2015 – 10 December 2023
Vice GovernorPablo Gonzalez (2015–2019)
Eugenio Quiroga (2019–present)
Preceded byDaniel Peralta
Succeeded byClaudio Vidal
Minister of Social Development
In office
14 August 2006 – 10 December 2015
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byJuan Carlos Nadalich
Succeeded byCarolina Stanley
In office
25 May 2003 – 10 December 2005
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byMaría Nélida Doga
Succeeded byJuan Carlos Nadalich
Personal details
Born
Alicia Margarita Kirchner Ostoić

(1946-07-18) 18 July 1946
Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Political partyKolina (since 2010)
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2003–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (2023–present)
SpouseElvio Macchia
RelativesNéstor Kirchner (brother)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (sister-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
National University of General San Martín

Since 2023, she has sat in the Argentine Senate as one of the three senators from Santa Cruz. She previously held the position from 2005 to 2006.

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