[1] Yelena Perminova was born on 5 December 1960 in Shatrovsky District, Kurgan Oblast.

Afterward, she worked at the Oktyabrsky district financial department of Kurgan.

Then she worked for ten years in the financial department of the Pervomaisky District Executive Committee.

From 2006 to 2014, Perminova served as the Deputy Governor of the Kurgan Oblast Oleg Bogomolov.

[1][2] Yelena Perminova is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.