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Nina Iliescu

Nina Iliescu
First Lady of Romania
In role
20 December 2000 – 20 December 2004
Preceded byNadia Ileana Bogorin
Succeeded byMaria Băsescu
In role
22 December 1989 – 29 November 1996
Acting to 20 May 1990
Preceded byElena Ceaușescu
Succeeded byNadia Ileana Bogorin
Personal details
Born (1930-03-04) 4 March 1930 (age 95)
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Spouse
(m. 1951; died 2025)

Elena 'Nina' Iliescu (born 4 March 1930) is the widow of the 1st President of Romania Ion Iliescu since Romania became a democratic country after the fall of the comunist regime on 25 December 1989. She was the First Lady of Romania from 1989 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2004.[1]

She was born as Elena Șerbănescu, in the Crângași neighborhood of Bucharest. Her father died in 1945, while her mother had difficulties raising her and her sister. She met her future husband in 1948, when they were both 18-year-old students, she at the Iulia Hasdeu National College (Bucharest), and he at the Saint Sava High School, in Bucharest.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nina și Ion Iliescu: iubire de la 18 ani". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). February 16, 2004. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
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