María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas (born 1 July 1964) is a former Spanish politician of the People's Party.

In 2013, she suffered a traffic accident in Madrid while she was riding her motorbike, which put her in a coma for nearly a month.

On 21 March 2018, Cifuentes was alleged to have fraudulently obtained her Master's degree from King Juan Carlos University.

[10] On 8 May 2018, Cifuentes resigned from her seat in the Assembly of Madrid and announced her retirement from politics.

[11] On 2 September 2019 the Audiencia Nacional charged Cifuentes together with fellow former regional premiers Ignacio González and Esperanza Aguirre with alleged crimes of illicit funding, diversion of public money and document forgery in the proceedings of the Púnica corruption case.