Hilda González de Duhalde

In this Argentine name, the surname is González and the marital name is Duhalde.

Hilda Beatriz González de Duhalde, widely known as Chiche Duhalde, (born 14 October 1946) is an Argentine politician member of the Justicialist Party. She served as a Senator for Buenos Aires Province, and as the First Lady during the presidency of her husband, Eduardo Duhalde.

Hilda González de Duhalde
Chiche Duhalde in Casa Rosada, 2009
National Senator
In office 10 December 2005 – 10 December 2011
Constituency	Buenos Aires
First Lady of Argentina interim
In role 2 January 2002 – 25 May 2003
President	Eduardo Duhalde
Preceded by	María Alicia Mazzarino (interim)
Succeeded by	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Second Lady of Argentina
In office 8 July 1989 – 10 December 1991
Vice President	Eduardo Duhalde
Preceded by	Fanny Mónica Munté
Succeeded by	María Zapatero
National Deputy
In office 10 December 1997 – 10 December 2005
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born	(1946-10-14) 14 October 1946 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party
Spouse	Eduardo Duhalde ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	5

Biography

González de Duhalde was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, and studied to become a teacher. She has five children with her husband. She assisted her husband in his political career and took on several public positions in family and women's policy.

In 1997 Duhalde was elected a National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province, serving again between 2003 and 2005.

During the interim Presidency of her husband, she acted as Minister of Social Welfare and ran the country's food aid programme, a key role in the aftermath of the country's economic crisis.

A member of the Justicialist Party (PJ), Duhalde has nevertheless opposed the government of fellow Peronists Néstor Kirchner. However the official PJ candidate in Buenos Aires Province district for the 2005 senatorial elections, Hilda Duhalde came second to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was to become President of Argentina two years later.

External links

• Senate profile
• Website
• Eduardo Duhalde's website, developed by Grupo de Apoyo Comunicacional Eduardo Duhalde (the Presidential candidate's communications team)