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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (2nd R), her husband, outgoing President Nestor Kirchner (L), daughter Florencia (R) and son Maximo, appear on stage in front of the Casa Rosada Government Palace in Buenos Aires December 10, 2007. [Agencies]
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Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sworn in as Argentina's president on Monday for four-year term after winning elections on October 28. She received the sash of office from her husband, Nestor Kirchner, the outgoing head of state and became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
Chants of "Viva Cristina" erupted as Kirchner effectively traded her position as first lady for that of president.
Kirchner, a social-democrat who is often compared to New York Senator Hillary Clinton, was sworn in before the two chambers of Congress and in the presence of 160 foreign delegations.
In her first speech as president, Kirchner vowed to wage a war on poverty.
"There will be no definite triumph as long as there is poverty," she said.
The new president hailed her husband's government, which she said battled tirelessly against unemployment and poverty.
The new president has also vowed to follow the political continuity.
The first-lady-turned-president made it clear her husband would not fade into the political background.
"For me and for all Argentines, he will also continue being president," she said recently.
As Argentina's first elected woman president, she was born in La Plata in Buenos Aires province on Feb. 19, 1953, and studied law at the School of Legal and Social Sciences of La Plata National University in the 1970s.
She married Nestor Kirchner, her fellow university student, in 1975 before moving to the province of Santa Cruz, where the couple opened a law firm.
Nestor Kirchner, who remained popular throughout his presidency, has not explained why he stepped aside for his wife instead of seeking another four-year term.
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(Agencies)
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10月28日贏得阿根廷總統(tǒng)大選的克里斯蒂娜?費(fèi)爾南德斯?基什內(nèi)爾于本周一宣誓就職，開始了她的四年總統(tǒng)任期。克里斯蒂娜從她的丈夫、前任總統(tǒng)奈斯特?基什內(nèi)爾手中接過(guò)象征總統(tǒng)權(quán)力的綬帶，成為阿根廷歷史上首位民選女總統(tǒng)。
在就職儀式上，當(dāng)這位阿根廷前“第一夫人”正式“加冕”總統(tǒng)，全場(chǎng)爆發(fā)出“克里斯蒂娜萬(wàn)歲”的陣陣歡呼。
身為社會(huì)民主黨人的基什內(nèi)爾常被人拿來(lái)與美國(guó)紐約州參議員希拉里做比較。當(dāng)天，克里斯蒂娜在阿根廷議會(huì)宣誓就職，議會(huì)參眾兩院議員及160名外國(guó)代表出席了她的就職儀式。
基什內(nèi)爾就任后首次發(fā)表總統(tǒng)演講，宣稱要消除貧窮。
她說(shuō)：“只要貧窮還存在，就沒(méi)有絕對(duì)的勝利可言。”
這位新任總統(tǒng)高度評(píng)價(jià)了她丈夫領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的上屆政府，她說(shuō)，上屆政府為消除貧窮和促進(jìn)就業(yè)做出了不懈努力。
克里斯蒂娜還表示新政府將延續(xù)上屆政府的政策導(dǎo)向。
這位新任女總統(tǒng)說(shuō)，她的丈夫不會(huì)退出政治舞臺(tái)。
她在最近的一次講話中說(shuō)：“他將是我和所有阿根廷人民永遠(yuǎn)的總統(tǒng)。”
克里斯蒂娜于1953年2月19日出生于布宜諾斯艾利斯省的拉普拉塔市。上世紀(jì)70年代，她在拉普拉塔國(guó)立大學(xué)的社會(huì)學(xué)與法學(xué)院攻讀法律專業(yè)。
1975年，她與大學(xué)同學(xué)、奈斯特?基什內(nèi)爾結(jié)婚，之后，兩人搬往圣克魯斯省，并在當(dāng)?shù)亻_了一家律師事務(wù)所。
執(zhí)政期間一直頗受歡迎的前任總統(tǒng)奈斯特?基什內(nèi)爾并沒(méi)有解釋其不謀求四年連任，而讓位于妻子的原因。
（英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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