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Maria Zakharova
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Person

Maria Zakharova

b. 1975

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015

Born
24 Dec 1975 · Moscow

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 59 years
  1. 24 Dec 1975BornBorn in Moscow
  2. 2015RoleDirector of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
  3. 2016AwardBBC 100 Women
  4. 2017RoleExtraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador for the Soviet Union and Russia
  5. 2017AwardOrder of Friendship
  6. 2020AwardOrder of Honour
  7. 2025AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1975 – today).

  1. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  3. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  4. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  5. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  6. 1985Schengen Agreement
  7. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  8. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  9. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  11. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  13. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  18. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  19. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  20. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  21. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  22. 20112011 Norway attacks
  23. 2011Libyan civil war
  24. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  25. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  26. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2015Paris Agreement
  29. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  31. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  32. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  33. 2023Gaza war
  34. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  35. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Захарова, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə zɐˈxarəvə]; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian diplomat 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. She has a degree of Candidate of Sciences in history, the Russian equivalent of a PhD.

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