Maria Zakharova

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Захарова; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian politician who serves as the director of the information and press department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation She has been the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2015.

Maria Zakharova
Мария Захарова
Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Assumed office
10 August 2015
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byAlexander Lukashevich
Personal details
Born
Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova

(1975-12-24) 24 December 1975
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse
Andrei Makarov
(m. 2005)
Children1
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University)

She has a degree of Candidate in Historical Sciences, the Russian equivalent of a PhD.

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