Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner ( born 19 February 1953), known as Cristina Kirchner[2] and often referred to by her initials CFK,[3][4][note 1] is the 52nd and current President of Argentina and widow of former president Néstor Kirchner. She is the second woman to serve as President of Argentina (after Isabel Martínez de Perón, 1974–1976), the first directly elected female president and the first woman re-elected. A member of the Justicialist Party, Fernández served one term as National Deputy and three terms as National Senator for both Santa Cruz and Buenos Aires provinces.