Fabiola Yáñez
Yáñez in 2022
First Lady of Argentina
In role
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byJuliana Awada
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Fabiola Andrea Yáñez

(1981-07-14) 14 July 1981
Villa Regina, Río Negro, Argentina
Domestic partnerAlberto Fernández (2014–present)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Palermo
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • actress

Fabiola Andrea Yáñez (born 14 July 1981) is an Argentine journalist and actress who served as the first lady of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. She has been the domestic partner of former president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández since 2014.[1]

Early life and education

Fabiola Andrea Yáñez was born on 14 July 1981 in Villa Regina, Río Negro Province,[2] although she grew up in Alem, Misiones Province. Through her mother, she is of Chilean descent.[3] Her family moved to Misiones when she was a teenager, and she finished high school in Posadas.[4]

She studied journalism at the University of Palermo, in Buenos Aires; her licenciate dissertation was on the "interdiscursive tension between Néstor Kirchner and Clarín from 2003 to 2007."[5][6] She met Alberto Fernández, then Néstor and Cristina Kirchner's former chief of cabinet, while doing research for her dissertation.[2]

Career

Yáñez's media career began when she was 17, when she co-hosted a children's program in Rosario's Canal 3; she later acted in small stage productions in Rosario as well.[7] She continued to host a number of shows in Canal 3 until 2004.[8] She also co-hosted Estrictamente personal, a show dealing with sexuality topics on Cablevisión's Canal 6.[9] After graduating from university, Yáñez worked for a number of domestic and international news agencies, including Infobae, Página/12, América TV, C5N, CNN+ and Spain's La Razón.[7] In 2018 she began co-hosting Moria Casán's América TV talk show, Incorrectas, and later starred in the stage show ¡Otra vez papá! Después de los 50, alongside Manuel Wirzt.[10][11]

First Lady of Argentina

Yáñez (far left) with Fernández, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu during a presidential visit to Jerusalem in January 2020.

On 10 December 2019, her partner Alberto Fernández was elected as President of Argentina. She has stated that she wishes to use her position as a platform for social work, especially in respect to Argentine children and families.[5][6][12] Yáñez has embraced the title of "First Lady" despite criticism from government-aligned feminist activists and intellectuals, such as Dora Barrancos.[13][14]

From January to February 2020, Yáñez accompanied Fernández in his first tour as president of Argentina, starting in Jerusalem, Israel on 24 January 2020, where the presidential couple met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu, later visiting Berlin and Paris. In Paris she met with UNESCO authorities to be briefed on the organization's education, inclusivity and childhood programmes.[15][16]

In March 2020, Yáñez participated alongside Chief of Cabinet Santiago Cafiero and Women's Minister Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta in the re-inauguration of the Argentine Women's Bicentennial Hall in the Casa Rosada.[17] Later, in April 2020, Yáñez organized and hosted Unidos por Argentina, a TV event oriented toward raising funds for the Argentine Red Cross to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; the event raised over US$500,000 during its 7-hour duration.[18][19]

On 23 April 2020, Yáñez pressed charges against a La Plata-based news agency for libel, harassment and gender-based discrimination.[20]

Personal life

Yáñez has been in a relationship with Alberto Fernández since 2014.[1] During Fernández's presidency, the couple resided in the Quinta de Olivos; prior to that, they lived in an apartment in the Puerto Madero neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.[21] Fernández and Yáñez own four collies: Dylan, Prócer, Keila and Blue.[22]

On 23 September 2021, the presidential office's medical unit announced Yáñez was expecting her first child.[23] Yáñez and Fernández's son, Francisco Fernández Yáñez, was born on 11 April 2022 at Sanatorio Otamendi, in Buenos Aires.[24][25]

References

  1. 1 2 "¿Quién es Fabiola Yañez la pareja de Alberto y primera dama?". El Nueve (in Spanish). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Alfie, Alejandro (10 December 2019). "Fabiola Yáñez estrenó su rol como primera dama". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Quién es quién en la familia de la primera dama, Fabiola Yáñez". Revista Noticias (in Spanish). 13 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Jamele, Agustín (5 January 2020). "La historia detrás de la infancia nómade de la primera dama". Perfil (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 Gian, Daniela; Recalt, Rodis (17 April 2020). "La historia desconocida Fabiola Yáñez, la mujer del Presidente". Revista Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. 1 2 "¿Quién es Fabiola Yáñez, la pareja de Fernández?". El Observador (in Spanish). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 Kotler, Sofía (30 August 2019). "Fabiola Yáñez. Su historia de amor con Alberto Fernández y sus ganas de ser mamá"". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Fabiola Yañez". alternativateatral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Del Río, Andrea (10 December 2019). "Quién es la novia de Alberto Fernández, la nueva Primera Dama de Argentina". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Fabiola Yañez: su paso por "Incorrectas", la denuncia a Fabián Gianola y una acotada carrera teatral". Clarín (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Monti, Milagros (23 January 2019). "Fabiola Yañez, protagonista de "Otra vez papá... después de los 50": "Desde el público se escucha una carcajada cada 15 segundos"". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  12. ↑ ""Quiero transitar este camino": Fabiola Yañez reveló cuál es su prioridad como primera dama". El Intransigente (in Spanish). 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Giménez, Paula (31 October 2019). "Fabiola Yañez, el rol de primera dama y la máquina de hacer muñecas". filo.news (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Fabiola Yáñez tiene su prueba de fuego como primera dama". Perfil (in Spanish). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Papa Orfano, Belén (4 February 2020). "Fabiola Yáñez en Europa: una agenda acotada alejada de la política". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Fabiola Yáñez se reunió en Francia con autoridades de la Unesco". Ámbito (in Spanish). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "El Gobierno reinauguró el Salón de las Mujeres Argentinas del Bicentenario: "Acá había un call center"". Infobae (in Spanish). 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  18. ↑ Trzenko, Natalia; Fernández Cruz, Martín (5 April 2020). "Unidos por Argentina: se recaudaron cerca de 88 millones de pesos". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  19. ↑ Del Río, Andrea (6 April 2020). "Unidos por Argentina: cuánto recaudó la Cruz Roja en el programa que organizó Fabiola Yáñez". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  20. ↑ "Fabiola Yáñez denunció a un periodista por publicaciones agraviantes". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  21. ↑ Cappiello, Hernán (10 December 2019). "Fabiola Yáñez: la periodista y actriz que conoció a Alberto Fernández en la universidad y hoy es primera dama". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  22. ↑ "Alberto Fernández presentó a Blue, el nuevo cachorro de su perro Dylan". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 May 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "Fabiola Yañez está embarazada de diez semanas". Télam (in Spanish). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "Nació Francisco, el hijo de Fabiola Yañez y Alberto Fernández". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  25. ↑ "Alberto Fernández y Fabiola Yañez presentaron a su hijo Francisco: "Es un oasis en un tiempo tan difícil"". Infobae (in Spanish). 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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