Ella Pamfilova
{{Short description|Russian politician}}
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| birthname = Ella Aleksandrovna Pamfilova
| image = Элла Памфилова в ЦИК России.jpg
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| caption = Pamfilova in 2024
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| office = Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Russia
| term_start = 28 March 2016
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| president = Vladimir Putin
| predecessor = Vladimir Churov
| successor =
| office1 = 4th Commissioner for Human Rights
| term_start1 = 18 March 2014
| term_end1 = 25 March 2016
| president1 = Vladimir Putin
| predecessor1 = Vladimir Lukin
| successor1 = Tatyana Moskalkova
| office2 = Chairwoman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
| term_start2 = 6 November 2004
| term_end2 = 30 July 2010
| president2 = Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
| predecessor2 = Office established
| successor2 = Mikhail Fedotov
| office3 = Minister of Social Protection
| term_start3 = 15 November 1991
| term_end3 = 2 March 1994
| primeminister3 = Boris Yeltsin (extraordinary)
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Viktor Chernomyrdin
| predecessor3 = Viktor Kaznacheyev
| successor3 = Lyudmila Bezlepkina
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
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| nationality = Russian
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| alma_mater = Moscow Power Engineering Institute
| native_name_lang = ru
| native_name = {{nobold|Элла Памфилова}}
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{{Cite book |last=Navalny |first=Alexei |title=Patriot |publisher=Penguin Random House |year=2024 |isbn=9781847927033 |location=London |pages=264}}Ella Alexanderovna Pamfilova ({{Langx|ru|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.
In December 2017 she barred Alexei Navalny from participating in the following presidential election.
Biography
Pamfilova started her career on the central repair and engineering works in Moscow as an engineer. She was also the first woman to head the country's state controlled pet food company "Belka," which she oversaw from 1984 to 1986. She went on to become a People's Deputy of the USSR and member of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
During the period 1991 until 1994, she led The Ministry of Social Care under President Boris Yeltsin. Between 1994 and 1999, Pamfilova was elected three times as member of the State Duma.
In 2000 she was the first woman to run as a candidate in a Russian presidential election campaign. However, she faced stiff competition from Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky for the liberal vote, and her share of the vote was very low.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
Since 2004 she has been a head of Vladimir Putin's Human Right Commission.
At the State Duma session of October 7, 2009 an MP from United Russia, Robert Shlegel, proposed that the president dismiss Pamfilova from the Human Rights Commission for advocating Alexander Podrabinek's rights.{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?story_id=29992&action_id=2 |title=Pamfilova Won't Apologize to Nashi|work= The St. Petersburg Times |date=October 9, 2009}} The watchdog, led by Pamfilova, had called the protests “a persecution campaign … organized by irresponsible adventurists from Nashi” and said the activists were showing open signs of extremism.{{Cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/384868.html |title=Kremlin Advisers Warn Nashi Youth|work=Moscow Times |date=October 6, 2009}}
= Sanctions =
She was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}
In December 2022 the US imposed sanctions on Ella Pamfilova.{{cite web |title=U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian governors, First Deputy PM Belousov |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/86206/ |access-date=7 February 2023}}
In January 2023 Ella Pamfilova was sanctioned by Japan in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Japan imposes personal sanctions on 36 Russian individuals |url=https://tass.com/politics/1567757 |access-date=7 February 2023}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080503121751/http://en.sovetpamfilova.ru/ Web-site of the Council on Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights]
- [http://en.civilg8.ru/ Web-site of the Civil G8]
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Category:21st-century Russian women politicians
Category:Members of election commissions
Category:Soviet women in politics
Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Category:Moscow Power Engineering Institute alumni
Category:First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Women government ministers of Russia
Category:First women government ministers
Category:Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia
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