Alicia Kirchner | |
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| National Senator | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Santa Cruz |
| In office 10 December 2005 – 14 August 2006 | |
| Constituency | Santa Cruz |
| Governor of Santa Cruz | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Vice Governor | Pablo Gonzalez (2015–2019) Eugenio Quiroga (2019–present) |
| Preceded by | Daniel Peralta |
| Succeeded by | Claudio Vidal |
| Minister of Social Development | |
| In office 14 August 2006 – 10 December 2015 | |
| President | Néstor Kirchner Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Nadalich |
| Succeeded by | Carolina Stanley |
| In office 25 May 2003 – 10 December 2005 | |
| President | Néstor Kirchner |
| Preceded by | María Nélida Doga |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Nadalich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alicia Margarita Kirchner Ostoić 18 July 1946 Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina |
| Political party | Kolina (since 2010) |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2003–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Union for the Homeland (2023–present) |
| Spouse | Elvio Macchia |
| Relatives | Néstor Kirchner (brother) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (sister-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires National University of General San Martín |
Alicia Margarita Kirchner Ostoić (born 18 July 1946) is an Argentine politician. She is the elder sister of the late former President Néstor Kirchner and served in his government as Minister of Social Development, a role which she held under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her sister-in-law, until the end of her presidential term on 9 December 2015. She served two consecutive terms as governor of her native Santa Cruz Province from 2015 to 2023.
Since 2023, she has sat in the Argentine Senate as one of the three senators from Santa Cruz. She previously held the position from 2005 to 2006.