Ella Pamfilova
Ella Pamfilova | |
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Элла Памфилова | |
Pamfilova in 2025 | |
| Chair of the Central Election Commission | |
| Assumed office 28 March 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Churov |
| 4th Commissioner for Human Rights | |
| In office 18 March 2014 – 25 March 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Lukin |
| Succeeded by | Tatyana Moskalkova |
| Chair of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights | |
| In office 6 November 2004 – 30 July 2010 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Fedotov |
| Minister of Social Protection | |
| In office 15 November 1991 – 2 March 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Yeltsin (extraordinary) Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Viktor Kaznacheyev |
| Succeeded by | Lyudmila Bezlepkina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ella Aleksandrovna Pamfilova 12 September 1953 |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985—1990) Republican Party of Russia (1995—1996) |
| Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
Ella Alexanderovna Pamfilova (Russian: Элла Александровна Памфилова, née Lekomtseva [Лекомцева]; born 12 September 1953) is a Russian politician serving as chair of Russia's Central Election Commission since March 2016. Previously she served as Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2016, and as Minister of Social Protection from 1991 to 1994. She also chaired the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights from 2004 to 2010, and was a deputy of the 1st and 2nd convocations of the State Duma. She ran as a candidate during the 2000 Russian presidential election, becoming the first female presidential candidate in Russian history, and received 1.01% of the vote.
In December 2017, Pamfilova barred Alexei Navalny from participating in the following presidential election. In January 2024, she barred Boris Nadezhdin from participating in the following presidential election.
In March 2022, Canada imposed sanctions on Pamfilova as part of "close associates of the regime", following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since October 2022, she has been under sanctions of the European Union for "organising the illegal referenda in the occupied regions of Ukraine". In November 2022, she was added to the UK sanctions list for "organising the sham referendums in the four temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine" and "actively supporting Russia’s forced mobilisation".
In December 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against Pamfilova for "overseeing and monitoring sham referendums held in areas of Russia-controlled Ukraine that were rife with incidents of clear voter coercion and intimidation". For similar reasons, she is also on the sanctions lists of Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland. She has been under Japan's sanctions since January 2023.