2007 Timeline

Argentine gets first female president and other October 2007 events

Argentine President Néstor Kirchner's wife, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won the Argentine Presidential Elections and became the second female president (after Isabel Martínez de Perón) in Argentina on October 28, 2007, but the first to be elected. She won the Presidential Elections in the first round with 45,29% of the vote, followed by 22% for Elisa Carrió (candidate for the Civic Coalition) and 16% for former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna. Christina, as the majority of Argentines call her, sworn in on December 10, 2007.