Néstor Kirchner did not run for reelection . Instead , Cristina Kirchner was the candidate for the Front for Victory party , becoming president in the 2007 presidential election . Her first term of office started with a conflict with the agricultural sector , and her proposed taxation system was rejected . After this she nationalized private pension funds , and fired the president of the Central Bank . The price of public services remained subsidised , the country lost its self-supply of energy , and she renationalized energy firm YPF as a result
renationalized energy firm YPF
Renationalization of YPF
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner