Nicolás Fernández
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Nicolás Alejandro Fernández is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
politician. He sits in the Argentine Senate
representing Santa Cruz Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory
.
Born in Puerto Deseado
, Santa Cruz Fernández graduated as a lawyer in 1985 from the Catholic University of Santa Fe. From 1986 to 1989 he was an adviser to the Council of Caleta Olivia
and from 1987 he was also adviser to the Caleta Olivia mayoralty. From 1991 he was adviser to Las Heras
municipality and he also advised various oil companies and trade unions. From 1986 he has also run a legal practice in Caleta Olivia.
Fernández was elected to the Senate in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
politician. He sits in the Argentine Senate
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...
representing Santa Cruz Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
.
Born in Puerto Deseado
Puerto Deseado
Puerto Deseado, originally called Port Desire, is a city of about 15,000 inhabitants and a fishing port in Patagonia in Santa Cruz Province of Argentina, on the estuary of the Deseado River....
, Santa Cruz Fernández graduated as a lawyer in 1985 from the Catholic University of Santa Fe. From 1986 to 1989 he was an adviser to the Council of Caleta Olivia
Caleta Olivia
Caleta Olivia is a city located at the northeast of the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on the San Jorge Gulf by the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 36,000 inhabitants...
and from 1987 he was also adviser to the Caleta Olivia mayoralty. From 1991 he was adviser to Las Heras
Las Heras, Santa Cruz
Las Heras is a small city in the Patagonic province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. It is located 566 km north of the provincial capital Río Gallegos, and has a population of about 9,300 as per the ....
municipality and he also advised various oil companies and trade unions. From 1986 he has also run a legal practice in Caleta Olivia.
Fernández was elected to the Senate in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005.