He is an Argentine politician who has served as a national deputy since 2015.
He is the son of two former presidents of Argentina, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. A member of the Justicialist Party, he is co-founder of La Cámpora, a political youth organization that supported the presidencies of his parents.
Since 2019, he has served as president of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc in the Chamber of Deputies. In 2021, he was elected president of the Justicialist Party of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Early life
Máximo Kirchner was born in La Plata. He attended the República de Guatemala high school in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, where his father served as governor. Later, in Buenos Aires, he studied law and journalism, but did not complete either course.
Political career
In 2006, along with other emerging political leaders such as Andrés Larroque, Eduardo de Pedro, Juan Cabandié, and Mariano Recalde, Kirchner founded La Cámpora, a youth political organization formed to bring together young supporters of his father’s government. The leadership of the organization eventually passed to Larroque, who, since December 2006, has acted as its secretary general.
Congressman
In the 2015 legislative elections, Kirchner ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as the first candidate on the Front for Victory (FPV) list in Santa Cruz Province
Although the FPV came in second with 46.30% of the vote, Kirchner received enough votes to be elected. During his 2015–2019 term, he was appointed as the opposition representative to the Bicameral Commission for the control of emergency decrees. He also served on the parliamentary committees for Energy and Fuels, Mining, Impeachment, and Freedom of Expression.
During his first three years in office, he submitted 23 bills to the chamber and co-signed two resolutions. In that period, he voted in favor 186 times, against 115 times, abstained 9 times, and was absent 141 times.
In the 2019 legislative elections, Kirchner ran for re-election in the Province of Buenos Aires instead of Santa Cruz.
He was the fifth candidate on the list of the newly formed Frente de Todos, which won 52.64% of the votes, enough for Kirchner to be elected. Upon taking office, he became president of the unified Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.
In December 2021, he was elected president of the Justicialist Party of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Personal life
Kirchner was previously in a relationship with Rocío García, a dentist, with whom he had two children: Néstor Iván, born in 2013 in Buenos Aires, and Emilia, born in 2016 in Río Gallegos. Kirchner and García separated in 2018 after nearly 10 years together.