| Birthname: | Ella Aleksandrovna Pamfilova |
| Office: | Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Russia |
| Term Start: | 28 March 2016 |
| President: | Vladimir Putin |
| Predecessor: | Vladimir Churov |
| 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: | 12 September 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Ella Alexanderovna Pamfilova (; 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.
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.
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.[1] 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.[2]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [3]
In December 2022 the US imposed sanctions on Ella Pamfilova.[4]
In January 2023 Ella Pamfilova was sanctioned by Japan in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[5]