Nina Iliescu Explained

Nina Iliescu
Office:First Lady of Romania
Term Start2:22 December 1989
Term End2:29 November 1996
Acting to 20 May 1990
Predecessor2:Elena Ceaușescu
Successor2:Nadia Ileana Bogorin
Term Label:In role
Term Label2:In role
Term Start:20 December 2000
Term End:20 December 2004
Predecessor:Nadia Ileana Bogorin
Successor:Maria Băsescu
Birth Date:4 March 1930
Birth Place:Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Nationality:Romanian

Elena 'Nina' Iliescu (born 4 March 1930) is the wife of the 2nd President of Romania Ion Iliescu. She was the First Lady of Romania from 1989 to 1996 and once again from 2000 to 2004.[1]

Iliescu was born 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 Hașdeu High School, and he at the Saint Sava High School, in Bucharest.[1]

References

  1. Web site: Nina și Ion Iliescu: iubire de la 18 ani. Jurnalul Național. ro. February 16, 2004. August 28, 2021.

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