Aníbal Domingo Fernández (born January 9, 1957) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, lawyer, and certified public accountant.

In January 2002, then-President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde appointed Fernández as General Secretary of the Presidency in the national cabinet, and named him Minister of Production in October 2002.

Following the infant malnutrition scandal in Tucumán in November 2002, Fernández famously stated that this was caused by "a sick society and a ruling class that are sons of bitches, all of them.

"[3] He was believed to be planning to run for Governor of Buenos Aires Province in the 2007 elections, but his party (Front for Victory) chose Daniel Scioli instead.

Newly elected President Cristina Kirchner appointed him to her cabinet as Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights following her inauguration in December 2007.

Following the ruling Front for Victory's defeat in the June 28, 2009, mid-term elections, Fernández was tapped to replace Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, who tendered his resignation to the President, effective July 7.

He praised the president, describing her as “absolutely attuned to the national situation.”[7] He run for governor of the Buenos Aires Province instead, defeating Julián Domínguez in the primary elections.

[8] In 2021, he was appointed as Minister of Security in replacement of Sabina Frederic, as part of a cabinet reshuffle following the government's poor showings in the 2021 legislative primary elections.

[9] In 2006, Anibal Fernández, who was serving as the Interior Minister at the time, referred to a paper by the San Andrés University later on published by the newspaper La Nación[10] of growing insecurity in Argentina as a "sensation".

Vargas Llosa, Fernández complained, “insults President Cristina Kirchner every time he gets a chance,” and Savater “comes to Argentina to speak ill of the ruling party in Argentina.”[16] Fernández's notable activities and associations include the following: In May 2011 the Editorial Planeta published his first book, Zonceras argentinas y otras yerbas (Argentine follies and other stuff).