Ella Pamfilova

Ella Pamfilova
Элла Памфилова
Pamfilova in 2020
Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Russia
Incumbent
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 (1953-09-12) 12 September 1953 (age 70) Olmaliq, Tashkent Region, Uzbek SSR, USSR
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.