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{{about|the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009|the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993|Barbara Bush}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Laura Bush
| image               = Laura Bush portrait.jpg
| birth_name          = Laura Lane Welch
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|11|4}}
| birth_place         = [[Midland, Texas|Midland]], [[Texas]]
| predecessor1        = David Richards
| successor1          = Anita Thigpen Perry
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[George W. Bush]]|1977}}
| children            = {{hlist|[[Barbara Bush (born 1981)|Barbara Pierce Bush]]|[[Jenna Bush Hager]]}}
| parents             = {{hlist|Harold Welch|Jenna Hawins}}
| signature           = Laura Bush signature.svg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2005
| website             = 
| termstart1          = January 17, 1995
| termend1            = December 21, 2000
| governor1           = George W. Bush
| president           = [[George W. Bush]]
| termstart           = January 20, 2001
| termend             = January 20, 2009
| predecessor         = [[Hillary Clinton]]
| successor           = [[Michelle Obama]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| profession          = {{hlist|author|teacher|librarian|memiorist}}
| education           = {{hlist|[[Southern Methodist University]]|[[University of Texas at Austin]]}}
| title               = [[First Lady of the United States]]
| title1              = [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Texas|First Lady of Texas]]
}}
'''Laura Lane Welch Bush''' (born November 4, 1946) is an [[Americans|American]] [[teacher]] and [[author]]. She was the [[First Lady of the United States|first lady of the United States]] from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of the 43rd president of the United States, [[George W. Bush]]. Before becoming first lady, she was the [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Texas|first lady of Texas]] from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was governor.

Bush was born at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas. She is the only child of Harold Bruce Welch  and Jenna Louise Hawkins.<ref>{{cite book| last = Kessler| first = Ronald| title = Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qBwN7yqmF7sC&pg=PA26| year = 2006| publisher = Crown| isbn = 978-0-385-51897-0| page = 26 }}</ref> Laura and George met and married in 1977. She is the mother of [[Barbara Bush (born 1981)|Barbara Pierce Bush]] and [[Jenna Bush Hager]] who were born in 1981. Before she became First Lady she worked as a librarian and a school teacher in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] and [[Austin, Texas]].

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She was born in [[Midland, Texas|Midland]], [[Texas]]. She is the only child of her parents. Her father was Harold Bruce Welch  (1912-1995) and [[Jenna Louise Hawkins]] (born 1919).

She began her studies at San Jacinto Junior High School at Midland.  She graduated from Midland's Robert E. Lee High School in 1964.

Laura Welch and George Bush first met in 1977 at the home of mutual friends. They married on 5th November of the same year. In 1981, she gave birth to twin daughters, Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush. -->

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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/ Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051006220912/https://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/ |date=2005-10-06 }}
* {{url|https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/laura-welch-bush/|Laura Bush at whitehouse.gov}}

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