Maria Băsescu

{{Short description|Former First Lady of Romania}}

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| name = Maria Băsescu

| image = First Lady at BushNATOApril2008.jpg

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| office = First Lady of Romania

| term_label = In role

| term_start = December 20, 2004

| term_end = December 21, 2014

| predecessor = Nina Iliescu

| successor = Carmen Iohannis

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|09|6}}

| birth_place = Cajvana, Suceava County, Romania

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| birthname = Maria Andrușca

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| spouse = Traian Băsescu {{small|(1975–present)}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dcnews.ro/cum-arata-cuplul-basescu-cand-s-a-casatorit_274856.html |title=Cum arătau Maria și Traian Băsescu când s-au căsătorit |work=DC News |author=Crișan Andreescu |date=January 24, 2013 |language=Romanian}}

| children = 2, including Elena

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Maria Băsescu (née Andrușca){{Cite web|title=Maria Basescu|url=https://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/Maria-Basescu.html|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=Taylors Clematis}} (born September 6, 1951) is the wife of the 4th President of Romania Traian Băsescu. She was the First Lady of Romania{{Cite web|url=http://www.president.ee/en/media/images/collection_id-2176.html|title=President.ee}} from 2004 to 2014.http://www.realitatea.net/maria-basescu-10-lucruri-pe-care-nu-le-stiai-despre-prima-doamna_1003093.html, December 22, 2014http://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/maria-basescu-implineste-61-de-ani-ce-mesaj-i-a-transmis-fiica-sa-elena-galerie-foto-10028230, December 22, 2014http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/mesajul-neasteptat-transmis-de-maria-basescu-in-seara-primului-tur-ce-a-spus-despre-zvonurile-legate-de-divort.html, December 22, 2014