Ella Pamfilova | |
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Элла Памфилова | |
Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Russia | |
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 |
Chairwoman 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 Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
Ella Alexanderovna Pamfilova (Russian: Элла Александровна Памфилова; born 12 September 1953) is a Russian politician, former deputy of the State Duma, candidate for president in 2000 and former chairwoman (2004 - 2010) of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. On 18 March 2014 she became Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, succeeding Vladimir Lukin. On 28 March 2016 she became the chairwoman of the Central Election Commission.