Hilda González de Duhalde explained

Hilda González de Duhalde
Office:National Senator
Term Start:10 December 2005
Term End:10 December 2011
Constituency:Buenos Aires
Office2:First Lady of Argentina
interim
Term Label2:In role
Term Start2:2 January 2002
Term End2:25 May 2003
President2:Eduardo Duhalde
Predecessor2:María Alicia Mazzarino (interim)
Successor2:Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Office3:Second Lady of Argentina
Term Start3:8 July 1989
Term End3:10 December 1991
Vicepresident3:Eduardo Duhalde
Predecessor3:Fanny Mónica Munté
Successor3:María Zapatero
Office4:National Deputy
Term Start4:10 December 1997
Term End4:10 December 2005
Constituency4:Buenos Aires
Birth Date:14 October 1946
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Party:Justicialist Party
Children:5[1]

Hilda Beatriz González de Duhalde, widely known as Chiche Duhalde, (born 14 October 1946) is an Argentine politician member of the Justicialist Party. She served as a Senator for Buenos Aires Province, and as the First Lady during the presidency of her husband, Eduardo Duhalde.

Biography

González de Duhalde was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, and studied to become a teacher. She has five children with her husband. She assisted her husband in his political career and took on several public positions in family and women's policy.

In 1997 Duhalde was elected a National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province, serving again between 2003 and 2005.

During the interim Presidency of her husband, she acted as Minister of Social Welfare and ran the country's food aid programme, a key role in the aftermath of the country's economic crisis.

A member of the Justicialist Party (PJ), Duhalde has nevertheless opposed the government of fellow Peronists Néstor Kirchner. However the official PJ candidate in Buenos Aires Province district for the 2005 senatorial elections, Hilda Duhalde came second to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was to become President of Argentina two years later.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cinco hijos, siete nietos y un hogar en paz. Five children, seven grandchildren and a home in peace. Spanish. June 28, 2011. Caras. June 18, 2024.