Alicia Kirchner

Alicia Kirchner
National Senator
Incumbent
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 (1946-07-18) 18 July 1946 (age 78) 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.