Alberto Ángel Fernández
| Alberto Fernández | |
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| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina | |
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In office May 25, 2003 – July 23, 2008 |
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| President |
Néstor Kirchner Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Atanasof |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Massa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 April 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party |
Justicialist Party (Since 1995) Union of the Democratic Centre (1989 - 1995) |
| Spouse(s) | Marcela Luchetti |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Alberto Ángel Fernández (born April 2, 1959) is an Argentine politician. He was the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers during the entirety of Néstor Kirchner's presidency, and the early months of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's. His tenure as Cabinet Chief from 2003 to 2008 remains the longest since the post was created in 1994.
Fernández was born in Buenos Aires, where he would later attend Law School at the University of Buenos Aires. He graduated at the age of 24, and later became a professor of criminal law there. He entered public service as an adviser to Deliberative Council of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. He later as Deputy Director of Legal Affairs of the Economy Ministry, and in this capacity served as chief Argentine negotiator at the GATT Uruguay Round. Nominated by newly elected President Carlos Menem to serve as National Superintendent for Insurance, served as President of the Latin American Insurance Managers' Association from 1989 to 1992, and co-founded the Insurance Managers International Association. He also served as adviser to Mercosur and ALADI on insurance law, and was involved in insurance and health services companies in the private sector. Fernández was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young People of Argentina in 1992, and was awarded the Millennium Award as one of the nation's Businessmen of the Century, among other recognitions. During this time he became politically close to former Buenos Aires Province Governor Eduardo Duhalde.
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