Naina Yeltsina

Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina Наина Иосифовна Ельцина
Born	March 14, 1932 (1932-03-14) (age 79) Orenburg Region, Soviet Union
Occupation	Former First Lady of the Russian Federation
Spouse	Boris Yeltsin (deceased)
Children	Yelena, Tatyana

Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina (Russian: Наина Иосифовна Ельцина, née Girina, Гирина; born March 14, 1932) is the widow of the first President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin.

Naina with her husband in 2006

Naina Yeltsina was born in the Orenburg Oblast in 1932. After graduating from the construction faculty at the Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk in 1955, she worked with various projects at the Sverdlovsk Institute. In 1956 she married Boris Yeltsin, whom she met at the institute, and lives, since 1985, in Moscow. They have two daughters, Yelena and Tatyana, born in 1957 and 1960, respectively.

Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some of his foreign visits, including 1997 visits to Sweden,^[1] Finland,^[2] and a 1999 visit to China.^[3] As a rule, Naina Yeltsina never interfered in her husband's political work. However, in the 1996 election campaign, she met with voters and gave interviews to the media.^[4] A major public appearance was the state funeral of her late husband in Moscow in April 2007.

References

1. ^ The Monarchy and the Royal Court - State visits 1990-1999
2. ^ Visitors to Finland
3. ^ Russian President Leaves Beijing for Home
4. ^ 1932 - родилась Наина Иосифовна Ельцина Retrieved: 2007-04-24

External links

• Наина Иосифовна Ельцина
• Naina Yeltsina and Eva Ahtisaari visit the Petrozavodsk State University

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Name	Yeltsina, Naina
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Date of birth	1932-03-14
Place of birth	Orenburg Region, Soviet Union
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