Lilia Gumerova

Lilia Gumerova was born on 16 December 1972 in the Bashkir town of Uchaly in the Uchalinsky District. In 1994, she graduated from the Bashkir State Pedagogical University.

She later started working as a teacher of psychology at secondary school No. 10 in Uchaly. From 2001 to 2005, she worked as a head of the information and analytical department of the administration of the Uchalinsky District.

From 2010 to 2011, she was the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Bashkortostan.

On 13 March 2011 she was elected member of the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

On 24 October 2012, she was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Bashkortostan.

On 25 September 2014, she was appointed to represent her region in the Federation Council by the Head of the Republic. On 25 September 2019, she was re-appointed for the same position and chosen as chair of the science, education and culture committee.^[1][2]

As a senator, Gumerova effectively voted to recognise the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics from Ukraine. As a result, she was placed under sanctions by the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine and New Zealand.^[3][4][5][6]