Aníbal Fernández

Aníbal Domingo Fernández (born January 9, 1957) is an Argentine politician, public accountant and lawyer affiliated and militant of the Justicialist Party, Since 2021, he has served as Argentina's Minister of Security, in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández.

Aníbal Fernández
Minister of Security
Assumed office
20 September 2021
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded bySabina Frederic
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
In office
26 February 2015 – 10 December 2015
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byJorge Capitanich
Succeeded byMarcos Peña
In office
8 July 2009 – 10 December 2011
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded bySergio Massa
Succeeded byJuan Manuel Abal Medina
General Secretary of the Presidency
In office
16 December 2014 – 26 February 2015
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byOscar Parrilli
Succeeded byEduardo de Pedro
In office
2 January 2002 – 3 October 2002
PresidentEduardo Duhalde
Preceded byLuis Lusquiños
Succeeded byJosé Pampuro
National Senator
In office
10 December 2011 – 16 December 2014
Preceded byEric Calcagno
Succeeded byJuan Manuel Abal Medina Jr.
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights
In office
10 December 2007 – 8 July 2009
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byAlberto Iribarne
Succeeded byJulio Alak
Minister of the Interior
In office
25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byJorge Matzkin
Succeeded byFlorencio Randazzo
Minister of Production
In office
3 October 2002 – 25 May 2003
PresidentEduardo Duhalde
Preceded byJosé Ignacio de Mendiguren
Succeeded byDébora Giorgi
Mayor of Quilmes
In office
1991–1995
Preceded byEduardo Camaño
Succeeded byFederico Scabarino
Personal details
Born (1957-01-09) 9 January 1957 (age 67)
Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2003–2015)
Alma materNational University of Lomas de Zamora
ProfessionLawyer

He also held the positions of Secretary General of the Presidency, National Senator for the province of Buenos Aires during the period 2013-2015, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights between 2002 and 2011, under the orders of three different presidents: Eduardo Duhalde, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

On November 6, 2011, he became the person who remained in high-ranking public office the longest in Argentine history.

Early life and education

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Born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Fernández received his CPA on 6 March 1982 from the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora and his law degree on 19 December 2001 from the same institution.

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