Maria Zakharova

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Maria Zakharova
Мария Захарова
Zakharova in 2016
Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 August 2015
President	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Alexander Lukashevich
Personal details
Born	Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (1975-12-24) 24 December 1975 (age 48) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse	Andrei Makarov ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University)

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Захарова, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə zɐˈxarəvə]; 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.^[1] She has been the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2015.

She has a degree of Candidate in Historical Sciences, the Russian equivalent of a PhD.^[2]