Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
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| March 2025 | Sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State under 'significant corruption' charges. |
| 2024 | Becomes president of the Justicialist Party, the main opposition party to the government of Javier Milei. |
| December 2024 | Supreme Court rejected Fernández de Kirchner's defense request and confirmed she will stand trial for the memorandum with Iran case. |
| November 2024 | A federal appeals court in Buenos Aires upheld the guilty verdict and sentence against Fernández de Kirchner in the corruption case. |
| June 2023 | Judicial case investigating possible wrongdoing by Fernández de Kirchner was dismissed due to lack of evidence of embezzlement. |
| December 2022 | Sentenced to six years in prison and lifetime ban from holding public office for corruption. |
| November 6 2021 | Discharged from hospital after successful hysterectomy surgery. |
| November 4 2021 | Admitted to Santorio Otamendi hospital for a uterine polyp. |
| April 2021 | Lawyers of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner anticipated they would request nullification of the cause regarding the memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran, alleging judicial tampering. |
| 2019 | Published her book 'Sinceramente', reflecting on her political experiences and perspective. |
| November 27 2019 | Resigned from her Senate seat after assuming the vice presidency, with Jorge Taiana, her former foreign minister, replacing her in the Senate. |
| October 27 2019 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was elected vice president of Argentina, becoming the first former head of state to assume this role. She ran as the vice-presidential candidate alongside Alberto Fernández. |
| 2018 | Indicted for corruption over allegations of accepting bribes in exchange for public works contracts. |
| March 2018 | Fernández de Kirchner is indicted for allegedly obstructing the investigation into the 1994 AMIA bombing, with accusations of making a deal with the Iranian government to halt investigations in exchange for economic benefits. |
| 2017 | Elected as Senator for Buenos Aires Province with 37.31% of votes, representing Unidad Ciudadana |
| December 2017 | Judge Bonadio indicts Fernández de Kirchner and charges her with high treason. |
| 2016 | Fernández de Kirchner founded the Patria Institute, a think tank to centralize her post-presidency political activities. |
| December 2016 | The case originally presented by Nisman is opened for investigation. |
| December 2016 | Federal Judge Julián Ercolini orders the freezing of US$633 million of Fernández de Kirchner's assets and approves charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration. |
| April 2016 | Lázaro Báez, a businessman with close ties to the Kirchners, is detained on suspicion of potential escape. |
| 2015 | Completed her presidential term and was indicted for allegedly obstructing the investigation into the 1994 AMIA bombing. |
| 2015 | Mauricio Macri defeated the Kirchnerist candidate Daniel Scioli in the presidential elections, marking the end of Fernández de Kirchner's presidential term. |
| 2015 | Martín Lanatta and José Luis Salerno claimed that Aníbal Fernández was the boss of a mafia ring responsible for the 'Triple Crime' killings. |
| 2015 | Completes her second presidential term and leaves office with approval ratings above 50%. |
| 2014 | Argentina fell into sovereign default during her second term. |
| 2014 | Country falls into sovereign default during her second presidential term. |
| 2013 | The TV program 'Periodismo para todos' launched an investigation called 'the route of the K-Money', alleging political corruption involving the Kirchners and businessman Lázaro Báez. |
| October 8 2013 | Underwent successful surgery to remove blood from under a membrane covering her brain. |
| October 5 2013 | Doctors ordered her to rest for a month after finding blood on her brain from the previous head injury. |
| 2012 | Amado Boudou, then vice president, was suspected of corruption related to the Ciccone Calcografica printing company, which received tax breaks and was selected to print Argentine peso banknotes. |
| August 8 2012 | Sustained a head injury. |
| January 4 2012 | Underwent thyroid surgery, which later revealed she was misdiagnosed and did not have cancer. |
| 2011 | Re-elected as President of Argentina with 54.11% of the votes, the highest percentage since 1983. |
| December 22 2011 | Diagnosed with thyroid cancer by medical professionals. |
| October 27 2010 | Néstor Kirchner died after suffering a heart attack, after which Cristina Fernández dressed in black for over three years. |
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