néstor kirchner did not run for reelection. instead, she 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.