| Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat | |
| Office: | President of the Province of Trieste |
| Predecessor: | Fabio Scoccimarro |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Trieste, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Trieste |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat (born in Trieste on 23 November 1946)[1] is an Italian politician, who served as a President of the Province of Trieste from 24 April 2006 to 31 December 2016.[2] [3] She graduated in psychology at the University of Trieste, specialized in psychopedagogy at the University of Turin, and taught at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Trieste.[4] She was a private judge of the juvenile court of the province of Trieste.[4] Then, she was Councilor for Education, Youth and Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Trieste from 1996 to 2001.[4] She was a Regional Councilor of Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1 July 2003 to 27 April 2006.[1]