Nilda Garré

Nilda Garré
Nilda Garré as Security Minister in 2011
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2015  10 December 2019
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
In office
10 December 2001  26 June 2005
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
In office
10 December 1995  20 October 2000
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
In office
25 May 1973  24 March 1976
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
Argentine Ambassador to the Organization of American States
In office
18 September 2013  10 December 2015
Preceded byMartín Gómez Bustillo
Succeeded byJuan José Arcuri
Minister of Security
In office
15 December 2010  3 June 2013
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byJulio Alak (as Minister of Justice)
Succeeded byArturo Puricelli
Minister of Defense
In office
28 November 2005  15 December 2010
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner
Preceded byJosé Pampuro
Succeeded byArturo Puricelli
Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela
In office
1 June 2005  1 December 2005
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byEduardo Sadous
Succeeded byAlicia Castro
Personal details
Born (1945-11-03) November 3, 1945
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyBroad Front (since 1995)
Justicialist Party (1969–1995)
Other political
affiliations
Front for Victory (2003–2019)
SpouseJuan Manuel Abal Medina (1973-82)
Alma materUniversidad del Salvador

Nilda Celia Garré (born November 3, 1945) is an Argentine lawyer, politician, and diplomat. She was Minister of Defense during the presidency of the late Nestor Kirchner and remained in this position, and as Minister of Security, under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. She was the first woman in her country's history to serve in either office. She also served as the Argentine Representative to the OAS. She served numerous terms as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, the latest one from 2015 to 2019.