Argentina's first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins

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Argentina's first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins
First Lady Cristina elected President

29.10.2007 18:55:52 "We have won amply," she said. "But this, far from putting us in a position of privilege, puts us instead in a position of greater responsibilities and obligations."

(live-PR.com) - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had 45 percent of the vote, compared with 23 percent for former lawmaker Elisa Carrio and 17 percent for former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna.


Rest percentage split the other eleven contestants. Fernandez needed 40 percent and a margin of 10 percentage points over the runner-up to avoid a runoff.Fernandez is a lawyer and senator will succeed her husband Nestor Kirchner.She become Argentina's first elected female president.The Post of President in Argentina is both state and government head as per the constitution.

Polling was extended by one hour in some parts of the country to 1900 local time (2200 GMT) to accommodate a late rush of voters.Vice President Daniel Scioli won the race for governor of Buenos Aires province, the country's second most powerful post.

The outgoing president Nestor Kirchner, stood at her side, she said she would build on his work.On being compared with Hillary Clinton or with Evita in media she said ,"I don't want to be compared with Hillary Clinton or with Evita Peron, or with anybody," she said recently."There's nothing better than being yourself."

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will take over reins from her husband Nestor Kirchner in December in a unique rarity power handover between democratically elected spouses,a glamorous lawyer and centre-left senator enters into the Casa Rosada – or Pink House – as her husband’s successor after tomorrow’s elections in house where she lived for four years as First Lady.

Fernandez political journey from elected provincial legislator at the Chamber of Deputies in the locality of Santa Cruz in 1989, she was re-elected to the post in 1993. In 1999 that is six years later, she was elected Senator for Santa Cruz, and re-elected in 2001. She was elected Senator for Buenos Aires,in year 2005.

Her call for unity, and invited all social sectors to build a better nation as she wants to develop a joint social project for all sectors of Argentinean society, disregarding political differences. "I want all to join in to build the future, because we have advanced a lot since 2003 in our struggle against poverty and unemployment, and I want to call on you all without hard feelings or hatred," she stressed.The payment of debts to IMF of 100 Million dollars and to other Latin American countries paid rich dividend to her in election campaign.

Argentina economy has boomed as it rebounds from the depths of the crash, with 8 per cent growth last year. Unemployment has halved and poverty rates have been slashed. The glittering pampas are flush with new wealth, thanks to Chinese demand for soy, and a forest of cranes is testimony to the builders boom in Buenos Aires.


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