Alberto Fernández

President of Argentina

Alberto Ángel Fernández 2 April 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Incumbent

For other people named Alberto Fernández, see Alberto Fernández (disambiguation). President of Argentina Excelentísimo Señor Alberto FernándezFernández in 2020President of ArgentinaIncumbentAssumed office 10 December 2019Vice President Cristina Fernández de KirchnerPreceded by Mauricio MacriChief of the Cabinet of MinistersIn office 25 May 2003 – 23 July 2008PresidentNéstor Kirchner Cristina Fernández de KirchnerPreceded by Alfredo AtanasofSucceeded by Sergio MassaMember of the Buenos Aires City LegislatureIn office 7 August 2000 – 25 May 2003Superintendent of InsuranceIn office 1 August 1989 – 8 December 1995PresidentCarlos MenemPreceded by Diego PeluffoSucceeded by Claudio Moroni Personal detailsBornAlberto Ángel Fernández (1959-04-02 ) 2 April 1959 (age 62) Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPolitical partyJusticialist Party (1983–present)Other political affiliationsUNIR Constitutional Nationalist Party (1982–1983)Spouse(s)Marcela Luchetti ​ ​(m. 1993; div. 2005)​Domestic partnerFabiola Yáñez (2014–present)Children1ResidenceQuinta presidencial de OlivosAlma materUniversity of Buenos AiresSignature Alberto Ángel Fernández (Spanish pronunciation:  ; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer and professor, serving as President of Argentina since 2019. Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law degree at the age of 24, and later became a professor of criminal law. He entered public service as an adviser to Deliberative Council of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. In 2003, he was appointed Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, serving during the entirety of the presidency of Néstor Kirchner, and the early months of the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. A member of the center-left peronist Justicialist Party, Fernández was the party's candidate for 2019 presidential election, defeating incumbent president Mauricio Macri, with 48% of the votes. He started his presidency a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. In foreign policy, during early months of his presidency, Fernández saw an Argentina's relationship straining with Brazil due to political rhetoric rivalry with Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro. He questioned the conclusions of the Organization of American States that the reelection of Evo Morales was unconstitutional for electoral fraud.