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28/10/2007 Argentina has first female president in history

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Argentinean president Cristina Fernandez diagnosed with cancer

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Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner faces court

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Argentine president admitted to hospital with fever

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the second woman to serve as President of Argentina, the first directly elected female president, and the first woman re-elected to the office. Ideologically a Peronist, she was a member of the Justicialist Party, with her political approach being characterised as Kirchnerism.