Fabiola Yáñez

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.

[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.

[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.

[5][6][12] Yáñez embraced the title of "First Lady" despite criticism from government-aligned feminist activists and intellectuals, such as Dora Barrancos.

[18][19] On 23 April 2020, Yáñez pressed charges against a La Plata-based news agency for libel, harassment and gender-based discrimination.

[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.

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