In the political world (and not only in Russia), a huge number of outstanding personalities rotate, attracting the attention of the public. But among them there are those who are of constant interest, for example, Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The biography of a female diplomat is rich in events related to work, both in foreign countries Ah, so in Russia.

Childhood and youth

This is the first woman to hold the position of official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In foreign media it was dubbed "Putin's terrible, sexy and smart wonder weapon". In Russia, she is valued for her straightforwardness, the ability to “take a hit”, she surprisingly combines rigidity and femininity.

Maria Zakharova's father, Vladimir Yuryevich Zakharov, is a highly qualified specialist in the field of oriental studies, his labor activity is also closely related to diplomacy.

In 1971, he successfully graduated from the Leningrad State Institute, after which he entered the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he worked until 2014. In total, he devoted 34 years of his life to diplomacy.

Mother, Zakharova Irina Vladislavovna, after graduating from Moscow University. Lomonosov joined the museum fine arts. Later she defended her dissertation at the Academy of Arts and became an honored worker of arts. Russian Federation. For some reason, Maria hides the real (maiden) name of her mother. Perhaps this is due to the nationality and origin of the woman, which the family prefers to keep silent about. Presumably, the parents of Irina Vladislavovna were Jews and bore the surname Shikhman.

In 1975, on December 24, a daughter, Maria, was born in a family of diplomatic workers. Her entire childhood was spent in China, where her parents were sent to work, so the girl's second native language was Chinese.

Even as a child, Masha set certain goals for herself. to which, with enviable persistence, she went all her life. She studied diligently and was actively interested in the events taking place in the world. She loved to watch the program "International Panorama", not missing a single episode of it. After school, the girl, without hesitation, submitted documents, and then without difficulty entered MGIMO, after graduating from high school, Maria received the profession of an international journalist.

Before defending her diploma, she had an internship all in the same Beijing, where her parents had previously worked. The thesis was defended in 2003, after which Zakharova received a Ph.D. in history.

Diplomatic career

The path to big politics for Maria began with work at the Russian Foreign Ministry, where she works to this day. In her youth, she began working as an editor in the Diplomatic Bulletin, published by the same department. Later, she headed the Media Monitoring Section of the Department of Information.

Two years later, Zakharova was sent to New York, where she took the post of head of the press service at the Russian mission to the UN. She held this position until 2008. Then she returned to Moscow, where she continued to work in her native department. Maria Vladimirovna quickly rose through the ranks and soon became deputy head of the same department, and two years later she headed the Press Department.

Stages of a diplomatic career:

• Editor of the departmental publication "Diplomatic Bulletin", service in the Press Department - 1998
• Head of the Media Monitoring Department in the same department - 2003-2005
• Press Secretary of the Russian Mission to the UN - 2005-2008
• Head of Section in the Department of Press and Information - 2008−2011
• Deputy head of the same organization - 2011−2015

Since 2015, Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova has been the director of her native department. This appointment was facilitated not only by the professional qualities, knowledge and rich experience of the girl, but also by her rapidly growing popularity in social networks and media. mass media. Maria took part in various talk shows, briefings, expressed her point of view on Instagram, VKontakte and other platforms.

It is to her that the diplomatic department owes access to the general public through social networks. Her ability to work with people and high professionalism contributed to the popularization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs among different segments of the population. Thanks to this, the inhabitants of the country had the opportunity to learn more about political life states. Moreover, all information is presented in an informal form - in a “live” language with the emotionality and rigidity inherent in Maria Zakharova.

Thanks to her high professional qualities, Maria received admission to the Council for foreign policy and defense of the Russian Federation, and was also awarded the rank of adviser of the highest class of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Having become the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry (August 10, 2015), Zakharova noted that there would not be any significant changes in her activities. She will continue to maintain an account on social networks, covering the work of the department and the actions of Russian diplomats in the foreign policy arena.

Zakharova emphasized more than once that over the four years of work under Lukashevich, whom she replaced as an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, she adopted rich experience from him, so entering a new position was easy and painless for her. She has no doubt that she will be able to overcome all the obstacles and difficulties associated with professional activities.

The appointment of Zakharova as an official representative caused a lot of gossip within the department. Some believed that it was Maria Vladimirovna who was the professional that the Ministry needed in this period. From the point of view of other employees, Zakharova's specific style does not correspond to the norm of behavior acceptable for an employee of the Foreign Ministry.

Personal life

Not much is known about the personal lives of Russian politicians and officials of various ranks. As a rule, such people, unlike the stars of show business, do not talk about their family affairs and lead a rather secretive lifestyle.

Much less is known about Maria's family than about the President of Russia, and yet she actively uses social networks and regularly publishes posts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, organizes photo shoots, and the photos are sometimes very frank. For example, in a wedding photo, Maria is depicted in a mini dress, while her husband overturns her on the hood of a car.

Daughter of Maria Zakharova

Daughter Maryana was born on July 30, 2010. The girl is very capable, she studies in a closed school. In addition, parents also deal with it, teaching the child foreign languages. Despite her busyness, Maria tries to spend more time with her daughter. The girl grows up very kind and inquisitive, for which she sometimes suffers. For example, a year ago, when the Zakharov family was walking along Primorsky Boulevard in Sevastopol, a child was bitten by a dog. And it all started with the fact that Maryana decided to stroke an unfamiliar dog, and in response, she grabbed the girl right in the face.

Mariana was urgently hospitalized, sent by a separate board of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to the capital's clinic. The Russian media presented this case as an ordinary one. Allegedly, doctors always do this when a child needs urgent medical attention. Of course, the situation is somewhat different - if an ordinary kid were in the place of the daughter of a Russian diplomat, he would sit with his parents in line with the doctor and be treated in local shabby hospitals with conventional medicines. No one would even think of sending a separate plane to Moscow for the sake of one wounded child.

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It is clear that the daughter famous diplomat since childhood, he has been a VIP-person, requiring special treatment. In addition, subscribers in social networks are actively discussing the issue of Maryana Zakharova's citizenship. According to some sources, the girl is a citizen of the United States with all the ensuing consequences. The basis for such statements is the wedding of Zakharova with a mysterious man Andrei Mikhailovich Makarov, which took place in the United States. But, on the other hand, Zakharova's daughter was born only two years after Maria's return to Russia.

Here another question arises concerning the place of birth of the child. If Maryana was born in the United States, it is quite possible that she has dual citizenship, if not in Russia. The topic remains open, since Mary herself is unlikely to ever reveal this secret.

Mysterious spouse

The diplomat's wedding took place in November 2005. There is also very little information about the husband of Maria Zakharova. It is only known that he is a businessman from Russia, Andrei Mikhailovich Makarov. In all of Moscow, there were only two merchants with such data. The first is a small entrepreneur, the second is the manager of a certain LLC, the authorized capital of which is only 10 thousand rubles. It is unlikely that the husband of an employee of the Foreign Ministry runs a large business; rather, he can be a founder somewhere. But according to some reports, he works as a manager in a Russian company.

Maria Vladimirovna never publishes her income statement. But, according to some sources, employees of the diplomatic department receive from 6.8 to 31 million rubles a year, depending on their position. With such a wife's salary, the husband can not work at all.

Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation now

In 2017, for her selfless and productive work for the benefit of the state, Maria Zakharova received a reward in the form of a promotion. She is now an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Class I. In addition, in the same 2017, a significant event for Zakharova took place - she received the Order of Friendship from the hands of President V.V. Putin.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still holds briefings, in which, in her usual manner, she comments on the latest world news. The diplomat is still in dialogue with representatives foreign states, expressing his point of view and expressing the opinion of the Russian diplomatic corps, distributes interviews.

Maria Vladimirovna believes that recently Russophobic sentiments around the world have intensified, so the country, in her person, must resist this. She came out sharply in defense of her state when Russia was accused of poisoning the Skripals. Zakharova gave a number of historical examples when the UK behaved inhumanly.

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova She was born on December 24, 1975. Russian statesman, diplomat. Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary II class (2015). Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Father - Vladimir Yurievich Zakharov. Orientalist, specialist in Chinese language and literature, diplomat. For many years he worked at the embassy of the USSR and then of Russia in Beijing. Until 2014, he was an adviser to the secretariat Shanghai Organization cooperation (SCO). Now he works as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics at the Higher School of Economics, and also teaches at the School of Oriental Studies.

Mother - Irina Zakharova. Works as a senior researcher at the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, Ph.D.

Recently, the parents of Maria Zakharova published a children's book "We wish happiness from year to year" - an illustrated retelling of Chinese folk tales 12-year calendar cycle associated with animals - symbols of the zodiac.

Maria's childhood passed in Beijing, where her parents worked.

“When I was little, I loved to play with dolls, like all girls, but I also loved making doll houses. Then the hobby changed, it became more serious - I started making miniature interiors,” she said. She was fond of miniatures when she leafed through a book about an elegant copy of the St. Petersburg apartment of Pushkin's friend Pavel Nashchokin.

However, even then she was drawn to politics and diplomacy. And if other children loved cartoons or "Visiting a Fairy Tale", then Maria was attracted by the program "International Panorama".

The love for China and Chinese culture was passed down from her parents to her.

In 1998 she graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO. And in 2003, already an employee of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she defended her Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Transformation of understanding the symbols of the traditional New Year celebration in modern China. Last quarter of the 20th century.

Since 1998 - an editorial staff member of the Diplomatic Bulletin of the Russian Foreign Ministry, then in the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

From 2003 to 2005 - head of a section in the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

From 2005 to 2008 - Press Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York.

From 2008 to 2011 - head of the department in the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

From 2011 to August 10, 2015 - Deputy Head of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Her duties included organizing and conducting briefings by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, organizing the work of official accounts of the Russian Foreign Ministry in social networks and information support for foreign visits of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

She gained fame by participating in television political talk shows on Russian state television channels and commenting on political issues on social networks. He is one of the most quoted Russian diplomats. She is often compared to Jen Psaki (former US State Department Spokesperson until March 31, 2015), noting that the Russian diplomat looks an order of magnitude higher intellectually.

TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov once called Zakharov "anti-psaki."

On August 10, 2015, by order of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Zakharova was appointed director of the Information and Press Department. In this position, they replaced Alexander Lukashevich, in connection with his appointment as Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE. She became the first woman in the history of the department to hold this post.

In this position, he conducts weekly briefings for journalists. With the arrival of Maria Zakharova as director of the Information and Press Department, the Russian Foreign Ministry spoke in a different language - the usual officialdom now coexists with informal and often controversial statements on social networks and is one of the main newsmakers in Russia and abroad. Zakharova herself says that the Russian Foreign Ministry keeps pace with the times and takes into account foreign experience.

Speaks English and Chinese. Diplomatic rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 2nd class (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 653 of December 22, 2015). Member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy of Russia. Academic degree - Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Writes poems. So, on November 24, 2015, she wrote a poem in memory of a Russian pilot and a marine who died in Syria as a result of an incident with:

Let us remember, brothers, those
Who closed the world
About your personal success
For us forever forgotten.

Let us remember them with a prayer,
To forgive those
Who didn't take us
Leaving on the ground.

Let's remember them a hundred times
And a glass and a tear,
And the bitterness of rewards
For their farewell fight.

Let's remember everything standing
Bent over the grass.
They left where
The light hides behind the darkness.

Let's reach out our hands to those
whose eyes are full of tears,
Whose house is orphaned
From the horror of trouble.

Let's change them, please.
Let's make peace with them,
who died for the country
For honor and for their own.

Selected quotes by Maria Zakharova:

"There are countries that are ahead of many other states in terms of their economic development, military potential, financial power. They got ahead, they became leaders in many industries. Of course, there is a desire to rewrite the rules of the game in your favor, and this is natural for any society. But the question is how the rest of society reacts to this. You can surrender your positions and submit to the right of the strong, or you can fight to defend your rights. And it seems to me that the moment of truth is just now. Either we really stand up for our rights, uphold the right to an independent life, or we don't do it."

"Washington's actions are the implementation of a containment policy, but in this case, containment is not only Russia, it is containment of Europe as well"

"Where did interference in internal affairs under a plausible pretext lead to the existence of a sustainable, stable, prosperous state? Nowhere! A natural political process is the only way for a state to become stable and prosperous. The example of the collapse of Ukraine is no less significant"

"I had a better opinion about European politics, I thought that it was stronger. It is clear that the United States was pressing on them, but they are pressing - do not bend"

"I believe that any propaganda and any disinformation spread is powerless in front of a thinking person"

"No matter what they say, but in Crimea it was democracy, because for the first time in their lives people were allowed to speak out"

"Leaders who destroyed their own people burn in hell twice as brightly as those who destroyed someone else's"

"Life is so much more diverse and unrealistic than any science fiction films and action films that those people who are not dedicated cannot even imagine what it really is"

"For me, everything that was connected with the Second World War is sacred, not subject to any changes. This is what I stand on, what my family stands on. I believe that this is a great feat of the Soviet people and the Russian people"

"We must be honest and truthful with our own history. And if, as an official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I demand respect from countries in relation to monuments to Soviet soldiers, then I must first of all be honest with them and with myself, saying that in there were different moments in our history: there are things that we are proud of, and there are things that are mistakes, big and tragic mistakes"

“In peacetime, we don’t always know how to get ready. But when we woke up this bear, it won’t seem enough”

Maria Zakharova: I hate it when people are bullied, and I always stand for objectivity

The growth of Maria Zakharova: 170 centimeters.

Personal life of Maria Zakharova:

Married. The wife's name is Andrew. However, Maria categorically refuses to give details of her personal life, in particular, to talk about her husband.

It is known that the couple got married on November 7, 2005 in New York, when Maria worked there. "I worked in NY. My husband is domestic. I arrived, got married, left," -.

In August 2010, she gave birth to a daughter, Marianne.

As Maria said, her daughter had already visited the Foreign Ministry: "I took her to work a couple of times when there was absolutely no one to leave with."

Maria has kept her childhood passion to this day.

The first exhibit in Zakharova's collection was a microscopic straw hat with a flower. Maria acquired it when she lived with her parents in Beijing. When Zakharova grew up and began to travel the world on her own, she continued to chase rare and unusual miniature items. She acquired her exhibits everywhere: in England - a porcelain bath, in Canada - a pincushion chair, and in Kaliningrad - an amber iron, etc. Later she ordered the manufacture of a house, which cost her $ 200.

Maria invariably looks great and, despite the strict dressing necessary for a diplomat, manages to appear stylish, beautiful and feminine before the public.

“There is no stylist, I dress myself, I also buy things myself. They don’t give out money for this, unfortunately, they don’t sew anything. Except for the full dress - the same uniform that I presented to everyone on the Diplomatic Worker’s Day, here it really is, they sew it, " she says.

AT Everyday life, she, of course, allows liberties and experiments with the image.

Maria Zakharova is a charming woman who attracts the attention of many people in the country, even those who are not interested in politics. She became very popular and famous in a short time. Sergei Lavrov appointed her as a personal assistant, whom he takes with him on trips to other countries. The woman then scrupulously and accurately describes everything that happened during the trip, allowing those who read the information to form their own opinion about the policy of the Russian Federation.

It was her first for the whole Russian history the woman was entrusted to become a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. She is respected not only in our country, but also in other states. Her speech is literally divided into quotations. A woman is distinguished by objectivity and simplicity, which is why she is appreciated by many politicians around the world.

Height, weight, age of Maria Zakharova

Maria Zakharova is distinguished by harshness and even some harshness of statements. But many people not only of the Russian Federation, but also of foreign countries are interested in all the information about her, including the height, weight, age of Maria Zakharova. During the speeches of this representative of the Foreign Ministry, men look at her appraisingly, marveling at the perfection of her forms and the luxury of her body. Women, on the other hand, look with envy at her figure, although she almost always appears in public in a diplomat's suit. But he emphasizes the perfection of the lines of the body.

On the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs you can find out that the year of birth of our heroine was 1975. Having made simple calculations in the mind, we can say that Maria Zakharova is 42 years old. The height of the diplomat is 170 centimeters and weighs 58 kilograms.

A woman has stubbornness and perseverance, which is important for moving up the career ladder.
On the page on Instagram, Maria Zakharova: a photo in her youth and now posted recently. Many subscribers put a class under the pictures.

Biography of Maria Zakharova

Father - Vladimir Yuryevich Zakharov and mother - Irina Vladislavovna influenced their daughter. It was thanks to their attention that the girl became so purposeful, courageous and open.

Maria has been interested in politics since childhood. She watched the International Panorama with interest. The girl studied well at school, wrote poetry, studied Chinese and English languages who now knows perfectly. After graduating from an excellent school, Maria Zakharova entered MGIMO on the first attempt. The girl chooses journalism. After receiving a diploma, a young diplomat goes to practice in the East. She chose China's Beijing.

After working at the Chinese embassy, ​​the girl becomes an employee of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2003 the dissertation was written by the girl, which was soon brilliantly defended at RUDN University. She became a candidate of historical sciences. At first, Maria Zakharova did not serve in responsible positions, she became an editor in a special magazine for diplomatic figures - Diplomatic Bulletin.

After a short period of time, the young diplomatic worker began to work on monitoring the media. Rapid promotion up the career ladder was ensured due to the fact that Maria performed her duties well. After 2-3 years, a woman begins to serve in the representation of the Russian Federation to the United Nations as a press secretary. In 2008, Zakharova was transferred to the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, where she served for three years.

At the beginning of 2011, she began to serve in the Department in charge of information and press affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At this time, she becomes a public person, communicating with journalists from various newspaper and magazine publishers and television and radio services.

Sergei Lavrov, during his trips outside the country, took a woman with him as his personal assistant. She performed her tasks with great responsibility, and then she posted reports on the results of the trip on Instagram, Odnoklassniki and VKontakte.
It was thanks to Maria and her scrupulousness that the articles became emotional, and sometimes humorous. It was she who became the political person who helped defend the honor of Russia in various television show programs.

Since 2015, Zakharova began to represent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working as the official representative of this institution.
About how she came to the profession, Maria Zakharova herself, the Russian Foreign Ministry, reports. The biography (Wikipedia gives only the most limited information about the young diplomat) Zakharova is revealed to the audience in more detail.

Personal life of Maria Zakharova

The young woman does not talk about her personal life at all. For the broad masses of Russian residents, this is a mystery. All questions about this are ignored by her. She only replies: “No comment,” and smiles enigmatically.

The personal life of Maria Zakharova is not advertised on social networks and blogs. No one has any idea when she began dating members of the opposite sex, whether she has a husband. This is hidden, since Maria works in an organization where frankness is not expected. Only recently it became known that Zakharova has an official husband who surrounds his wife with attention and care.

Family of Maria Zakharova

The family of Maria Zakharova was distinguished by education and intelligence. The father of our heroine was a diplomat, specialized in Chinese and other oriental languages. But in the 80s he was sent to work in the People's Republic of China, where he moved with his family - his wife and daughter Masha. After returning to Russia, he worked at the Higher School of Economics and the School of Oriental Studies. mommy same famous representative The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation did not work anywhere in her youth, she took care of the hearth.

After returning from China, she began working at the Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. During the years of her stay in China, she perfectly studied the culture, history and traditions of this eastern country. Recently, the couple released a book of Chinese folk tales, among the main images you can recognize their daughter and granddaughter.

Recently, Zakharova, in an interview, said that she received her determination thanks to her grandmother, but she did not name her last name, first name, or patronymic.

Children of Maria Zakharova

Are there any children of Maria Zakharova, until recently it was unknown. You cannot learn about them either from official sources or on the global web. Social networks also do not provide any information on this issue. This gave rise to a lot of rumors. It was said that Zakharova's children study in elite schools abroad. But how many children, what age and what they like to do - was hidden. It was said that such secrecy is due to the fact that children can be kidnapped or killed.

Only recently it became known that our heroine has a little daughter, whom she loves incredibly. The girl is brought up by Maria's parents, who try to do everything for the girl.

Daughter of Maria Zakharova - Maryana

A few months ago it became known that Zakharova has a little daughter, who was named Maryana. But sometimes another name is mentioned - Marianna. On Wikipedia, you can read that the daughter of Maria Zakharova, Maryana, was born in mid-2010. The girl recently celebrated her 7th birthday.

AT next year Marianna - Mariana will go to one of the Moscow schools. But now she can speak Chinese and English. The girl is interested in the East, especially China, about which she likes to listen to fairy tales and stories.

Recently, information appeared on the World Wide Web that Maryana was bitten by a dog on vacation in Sochi. The bites were small, now the baby has fully recovered.

The husband of Maria Zakharova - Andrey Makarov

Until recently, it was impossible to find on the World Wide Web whether Maria Zakharova had a husband. There is no information on this issue on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

But in June 2017, Zakharova herself posted a joint photo of herself and a young man. She captioned the picture: "Me and my beloved man." In early autumn, she posted another picture, which depicts a wedding ceremony. So it became known that the husband of the young representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Andrei Makarov. But the wedding took place in 2005. The husband of Maria Zakharova - Andrey Makarov is engaged in business. He is successful in this area.

Photo by Maria Zakharova in Maxim magazine

The young woman is absolutely not shy, she often posts her candid pictures on social networks. Men look at her photographs with interest, and girls are amazed at the beauty and sophistication of forms.

At the beginning of 2017, one could view a photo of Maria Zakharova in Maxim magazine. In some pictures, a young Foreign Ministry official poses naked. She impresses with her impeccable body lines, without the presence of any flaws.
Maria Zakharova also starred for Playboy magazine, a woman posted a photo in a swimsuit on her Instagram page.

Instagram and Wikipedia Maria Zakharova

The young diplomat has pages on many social networks. On the Instagram page, you can see photos that illustrate information about where Zakharova went, how she goes in for sports, and keeps house.

But Instagram and Wikipedia of Maria Zakharova do not provide absolutely no information about the children and wife of the young diplomat. But you can find out how a young woman spends her free time. On pages on social networks, you can read Zakharova's poems and a fairy tale written by her parents. Posts to photos are written in a humorous way, which attracts the attention of many subscribers of the page.

In 2015, Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna is appointed as the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Interest in the person of the first woman diplomat, who headed a serious post in the Ministry, is growing.

Search engines constantly request biography data, information about her origin and nationality, the presence of photos of her husband and children on social networks. Replicas from Maria's speeches are parsed into quotes, and her person is of great interest to the world press.

short biography

Maria was born in 1975, on December 24 in Moscow, but grew up in Beijing, where her father served. With early childhood she admired the philosophy and originality of the East, and very quickly spoke in Chinese. Maria grew up as a capable girl and set herself the goal of following in the footsteps of her parent. The family supported the child's interest in knowledge.

Maria Zakharova in her youth

She was never forbidden to watch such adult programs as International Panorama, where Masha learned the intricacies of political life. From childhood, her mother taught Maria to express her thoughts correctly, describe what she saw and not be afraid to express her opinion.

The fascination with China has not faded over time. After graduating from school, the girl entered the MGIMO University, where she showed interest in oriental studies and journalism. As a student, Maria tried to attend information Center Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There she gained experience and enthusiastically agreed to a trip to China for an internship at the Russian Embassy.

Maria's parents are orientalists

Diplomatic career of Maria Zakharova

The first place of work of Maria Zakharova was the magazine "Diplomatic Bulletin". Here she proved herself and soon moved to the Department of Press and Information at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then followed a rapid career advancement:

1. 2003 was a landmark year for Maria: a young diplomat defends her dissertation and she is almost immediately transferred to the post of head of the operational media monitoring department.
2. Since 2005, he has been working at the UN, holding the position of press secretary of the permanent representative of the Russian Federation.
3. Then she goes to New York, where 3 years of work brought her invaluable experience for further development.
4. She returned to Moscow in 2008, to her previous position. In the same period, the woman began to travel a lot with Minister Lavrov on business trips abroad, where they organized meetings with the press.
5. In 2011, she was offered the position of Deputy Head of the Press and Information Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
6. Since August 2015, he has been director of the Press and Information Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, where he still works today. In the same year, she received a high diplomatic rank, becoming an Extraordinary Plenipotentiary Envoy of the II class.

Influential politician Maria Zakharova

As an active person, Zakharova often appears on television. She acts as an expert in many programs related to politics. Her statements are always interesting and extraordinary. On the central channels, a woman is not afraid to express her opinion, winning the interest of the audience with openness and honesty.

Social activity

In 2016, Maria became the second most cited blogger in Russia. She became one of the first among the officials who began to actively explore the Internet space for their statements, comments and posts. The diplomat actively exhibits his photographs from various events, communicates with the Internet audience. Zakharova owes much of her popularity to the network, which she uses as feedback with citizens of the Russian Federation and other countries, recognizing public opinion.

M. Zakharova on vacation

Significant criticisms

The foreign press and politicians notice that Maria's arrival at the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affected the statements and comments that the institution publishes and provides. Behind last years they became tougher and more aggressive. To this criticism, the diplomat replies that another time has come and now she is following the example of her foreign partners.

Representatives of the BBC note that with the difficult relations between Russia and America, the words of an official sound rather strange and somewhere not even diplomatic. Her remarks have been compared to newspapers from the Soviet era, where the leading pages were full of criticism of the West.

With Vladimir Putin

In our country, Zakharova is compared with Jennifer Psaki, a former official representative of the US State Department. Comparisons are in favor of Mary, since Psaki allowed herself a lot of ridiculous statements that created her image of an incompetent woman. Zakharova treats her work with great responsibility. It seems that there is no question in world politics that a smart woman does not understand.

Personal life

Maria tries to protect her personal life from public curiosity. Information about parents is open. The place of birth of parents, education and place of work are known. But find out the details family life almost impossible.

Maria hides her husband from everyone

Until recently, no one knew if Maria was married. The woman avoided answering questions about whether she has a husband and what nationality he is. The diplomat did not tell about how many children there are in the family. The biography of Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna, as an official of the Russian Foreign Ministry, is in the public domain, photos and videos are in demand. But being in a high leadership position, the woman at some point decided to lift the veil of secrecy.

Recently, the diplomat shared with subscribers pictures from the wedding. It turned out that the solemn event was held in America in 2005. Mary's husband Russian entrepreneur Andrey Makarov.

With daughter Mariana

The happy couple has an eight-year-old daughter Maryana. In her free time, Maria Zakharova loves to write poetry. Some of them even became songs that sounded on the territory of the Russian Federation. For example, the diplomat wrote a song dedicated to the soldiers who died in Syria together with Maral Yakshiyeva. It is performed by the famous singer Nargiz.

Biography of the diplomat Maria Zakharova: how did she realize her talent? Does she have a husband, and who is he?

Maria Zakharova is a true professional, diplomat and candidate of science. She works at the Russian Foreign Ministry and does her job brilliantly, protecting the interests of Russian state. Beautiful appearance, mind, status attract great attention; the woman has a lot of fans around the world. Who is she, how did she become the face of "Russian propaganda", who is her husband and children - we will tell the answers to all these questions in this article.

The success story of Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova

The future star of the diplomatic front was born in Moscow on December 24, 1975, but Maria spent her first years of life in the capital of China, the city of Beijing, since her parents were associated with oriental studies and often visited this Asian country. Father Vladimir, being an orientalist, was fluent in Chinese, understood the culture of this country. Mother Irina also specializes in the history, culture of China, is a candidate of art history. The couple once released a collection of Chinese fairy tales for children.

Parents instilled in their daughter an interest in Chinese civilization; as a girl, Mary visited monasteries and other important places in China, walked a lot along the streets of Beijing. She studied well at school, learned Chinese. Even a simple game of dolls was transformed by her creative nature into a hobby - the creation of various interiors in a miniature size.

Since childhood, the future celebrity wanted to live actively, travel a lot, do serious work. Maria was interested in the socio-political situation on the world stage, so she began to understand politics from childhood. Zakharova was responsible, carried out any work with high quality and to the end.

Life in China was also reflected in the higher education that she received when she returned with her family to Moscow. The girl studied at MGIMO with a degree in Journalism and Oriental Studies. The talented Maria, after receiving her diploma, returned to China for an internship at the Russian embassy in Beijing. In 2003, in Moscow, she defended her dissertation and became a candidate of historical sciences: the future diplomat used her life experience to make a study of the current state of China.

Maria soon began working for the Diplomatic Bulletin, a magazine published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Working in the editorial office, the girl has proven herself well, fulfilling her duties with high quality. This was noticed by the future Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko. With his help, Maria began her work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For Alexander, a good team was important, and in the girl he found his like-minded person, for whom in the first place were not personal interests, but teamwork.

Maria Zakharova is fond of sports. She is pictured after the marathon.

The diplomat began working in the Department of Information and Press, where she worked until 2005, after receiving a promotion: Maria became the press secretary of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN in the office located in the United States, New York.

Three years later, she returned to her previous position, and in 2011 she received a promotion: first she became deputy head of this service, and then replaced him at the post. The girl actively participated in various television programs, she was known in the media sphere: Maria was remembered for her tough and straightforward statements, for which she received recognition among the people.

For her merits and diplomatic skills, she became an adviser on Russian foreign policy. During trips, a woman often accompanies Minister Sergey Lavrov and supports him in business. Maria became a laureate of the Order of Friendship in 2017.

A woman watches her figure, visits the gym, is actively involved in sports. There is another talent - she loves to write poetry.

Who is Zakharova's husband?

Very little is known about the diplomat's personal life, as she does not reveal what she considers confidential information, as well as caring for the safety of her family. She has a husband Andrei Makarov, who is engaged in entrepreneurship. They got married in the fall of 2005 in the United States, where the girl worked.

In 2010, a daughter, Marianna, was born, and she is raising her in her free time. In general, when she manages to relax, a woman prefers to be in the circle of her relatives.

popular and beautiful girl, a successful diplomat, Maria Zakharova is tough and sometimes aggressive at work, in the family she is loving and gentle. She is enthusiastically engaged in her work, making Russia stronger in the information space, creating a worthy image. A loving mother is surrounded by care from her relatives and her husband.