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Alicia Kirchner
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Alicia Margarita Kirchner is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She is the sister of former President Nestor Kirchner and served in his government as minister of social development, a role which she continues to hold under new President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, her sister-in-law.
Kirchner worked as a teacher and social worker, holding a PhD in social work. In 1975 and again in 1983 she served as a sub-secretary of social action in her native Santa Cruz Province. From 1987 to 1990 she was a minister in the municipality of Rio Gallegos, leading on public health, education, culture, social action, recreation and sport. For a few months in 1990, and again between 1991 and 1995 she served as provincial minister for social affairs, under her brother who had been elected governor of Santa Cruz.
In May 2003 Nestor Kirchner became President and appointed his sister to his cabinet in a similar position she had held under him at provincial level.
Related websites
Ministry press release on re-appointment
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