Aníbal Fernández
| Aníbal Fernández | |
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| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina | |
| In office 8 July 2009 – 10 December 2011 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Sergio Massa |
| Succeeded by | Juan Manuel Abal Medina |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 8 July 2009 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Alberto Iribarne |
| Succeeded by | Julio Alak |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007 |
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| President | Néstor Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Jorge Matzkin |
| Succeeded by | Florencio Randazzo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1957 Quilmes, Argentina |
| Political party | Front for Victory Justicialist Party |
| Alma mater | National University of Lomas de Zamora |
Aníbal Domingo Fernández (b. January 9, 1957) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, who served as Interior Minister for President Néstor Kirchner, Minister of Justice for President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and was the President's Cabinet Chief from 2009 to 2011.
[edit] Biography
Born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Fernández obtained degrees in accountancy and law. He entered public service, working for the municipalities of Quilmes Partido and Florencio Varela Partido from 1983. He worked from 1985 to 1991 in an administrative capacity for the Peronist caucus in the Senate of the Province of Buenos Aires.
In 1991, Fernández was elected Mayor of Quilmes. In 1995 he became a provincial senator and chaired the Public Health committee. He won the award for best senator in 1996. In June 1997 he was appointed to assist the province's Minister of Government and Justice, Dr. José María Díaz Bancalari. In December 1999, Governor Carlos Ruckauf made him Secretary of Labour, promoting him to be the province's first Minister of Labour in 2001.
In January 2002, the then-President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde appointed Fernández as General Secretary of the Presidency in the national cabinet, and moved him to be Minister of Production in October 2002. In 2003 Kirchner appointed him Interior Minister.
Following the scandal of infant malnutrition in Tucumán in November 2002, Fernández famously stated that this was caused by "a sick society and a ruling class that are sons of bitches, all of them."[1]
Fernández is married with one son and is a passionate fan of Quilmes Atlético football club. He is the president of the Jauretche Institute, named for the local 20th-century pro-development activist Arturo Jauretche.
He was believed to be planning to run for Governor of Buenos Aires Province in the 2007 elections, but his party (Front for Victory) chose Daniel Scioli instead. New President Cristina Kirchner reappointed him to her cabinet following her inauguration in December 2007.
Following the ruling Front for Victory's defeat in the June 28, 2009, mid-term elections, Fernández was tapped to replace Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, who tendered his resignation to the President, effective July 7.[2]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Eduardo Camaño |
Mayor of Quilmes 1991–1995 |
Succeeded by Federico Scarabino |
| Preceded by Jorge Matzkin |
Minister of the Interior 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by Florencio Randazzo |
| Preceded by Alberto Iribarne |
Minister of Justice 2007–2009 |
Succeeded by Julio Alak |
| Preceded by Sergio Massa |
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina 2009–2011 |
Succeeded by Juan Manuel Abal Medina |
