| Lilia Gumerova | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office4: | Member of the State Assembly of Bashkorstan |
| Term Start4: | 13 March 2011 |
| Term End4: | 24 October 2012 |
| Office2: | Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture |
| Term Start2: | 25 September 2019 |
| Office3: | Deputy Prime Minister of Bashkorstan |
| Term Start3: | 24 October 2012 |
| Term End3: | 25 September 2014 |
| Office: | Russian Federation Senator from Bashkortostan |
| Alongside: | Irek Yalalov |
| Term Start: | 25 September 2014 |
| Birth Name: | Lilia Gumerova |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Uchaly, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union (now Bashkortostan, Russia) |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Alma Mater: | Bashkir State Pedagogical University |
Lilia Salavatovna Gumerova (Russian: Лилия Салаватовна Гумерова; born 16 December 1972) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Bashkortostan since 2014.
She previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Bashkortostan, state legislature, children's rights commissioner and local administrator. Prior to her career in government, Gumerova was a psychology teacher.
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]