Maria Vorontsova
Maria Vorontsova | |
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| Born | Mariya Vladimirovna Putina 28 April 1985 |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Education | Saint Petersburg State University Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Endocrinologist |
| Spouse | Jorrit Joost Faassen |
| Parent(s) | Vladimir Putin Lyudmila Putina |
| Relatives | Katerina Tikhonova (sister) |
Maria Vorontsova (Russian: Мари́я Воронцо́ва, née Mariya Vladimirovna Putina, Мари́я Влади́мировна Пу́тина; born 28 April 1985), also referred to as Maria Faassen,[1][2] is a Russian pediatric endocrinologist.[3] She is the eldest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.[1][4]
Biography
Vorontsova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia),[5] the eldest daughter of Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina (née Shkrebneva). She attended German School Moscow.[5]
Vorontsova is married to Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen.[1]
She studied biology at Saint Petersburg State University[6] and is a graduate of medicine at Moscow State University.[1] She is a PhD candidate at the Endocrinology Research Centre in Moscow.[1] Vorontsova is credited to be Putin's advisor in genetic engineering, especially in the usage of CRISPR to create genetically-engineered babies.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e Grey, Stephen; Kuzmin, Andrey; Piper, Elizabeth (10 November 2015). "Putin's daughter, a young billionaire and the president's friends". Reuters. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Damien Sharkov (2 February 2016). "What do we know about Putin's family?". Newsweek. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Putin could decide for the world on CRISPR babies". MIT Technology Review. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Andrew E. Kramer (8 December 2018). "Woman Said to Be Putin's Daughter Appears on TV, and a Taboo Is Cracked". NY Times. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b Pat Ralph; Ellen Cranley (7 December 2018). "Putin has 2, maybe 3, daughters he never talks about — here's everything we know about them". Business Insider. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ Herszenhorn, David M. (5 May 2012). "In the Spotlight of Power, Putin Keeps His Private Life Veiled in Shadows". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
Both daughters attended German-language schools and St. Petersburg State University, where Maria studied biology and Yekaterina majored in Asian Studies.
- ^ Stepan Kravchenko (29 September 2019). "Future of Genetically Modified Babies May Lie in Putin's Hands". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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