Máximo Kirchner

Máximo Carlos Kirchner (born 16 February 1977) is an Argentine politician, National Deputy for Santa Cruz Province between 2015 to 2019 and then representing Buenos Aires Province. He is the son of two former presidents of Argentina, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Máximo Kirchner
National Deputy
Assumed office
10 December 2015
ConstituencySanta Cruz (2015–2019)
Buenos Aires (since 2019)
Personal details
Born
Máximo Carlos Kirchner

(1977-02-16) 16 February 1977
La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2003–2017)
Citizen's Unity (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–present)
Spouse(s)Rocío García[1]
Children2
Parent(s)Néstor Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
RelativesAlicia Kirchner (paternal aunt)

Early life

Máximo Kirchner was born in La Plata. He attended high school República de Guatemala in Rio Gallegos, where his father worked as governor of the province of Santa Cruz. In Buenos Aires, he studied law and journalism but did not finish either course.[2]

Political career

In 2006 he founded the youth political organization La Cámpora, a juvenile political group of supporters of his parents, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández’s government. which he led in the beginning. Then he, ceded his leadership to the current national deputy Andrés Larroque.[3]

Deputy

In 2015, he was elected National Deputy for Santa Cruz province,[4] with his list coming second by 3.3%. He was elected as a representative of the opposition in the Bicameral Commission for the control of the decrees of necessity and urgency.[5] In addition, he is a member of the Energy and Fuels, Mining, Impeachment and Freedom of Expression commissions. In his first three years in office, he presented 23 bills and two resolutions as a signatory.[6] Likewise, in that period, it had 186 affirmative votes, 115 negative votes, 9 abstentions and 141 absences. In 2019, he was re-elected to the Chamber this time representing the Buenos Aires Province.

References
  1. ""La novia de Máximo Kirchner perdió su embarazo y Cristina ya está en Santa Cruz. La presidenta viajó de urgencia junto con Florencia Kirchner; después de aterrizar en Río Gallegos se fue directamente a la casa de su hijo; suspendió toda su actividad oficial"". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 August 2011.
  2. Biografía no autorizada de Máximo, el “profundizador” del modelo K, Perfil newspaper, 6 November 2010. (Spanish)
  3. Redacción LA NACION (3 August 2011). "La Cámpora: un viaje al núcleo duro de la juventud K". La Nación (in Spanish). ISSN 0325-0946. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. "Máximo es candidato a diputado y La Cámpora apunta al Congreso". Perfil (in Spanish). 21 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. "El Comercial". www.elcomercial.com.ar. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  6. "Consulta de Votaciones". votaciones.hcdn.gob.ar. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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