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Volodymyr Zelenskyy | |
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Володимир Зеленський | |
 Zelenskyy in 2024 | |
| 6th President of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Petro Poroshenko |
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| Born | Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy 25 January 1978 Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Servant of the People (2018–present) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Kyiv National Economic University |
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, actor, comedian and director. He is the President of Ukraine since 2019.
Zelenskyy played the role of President of Ukraine in the hugely popular 2015 television series Servant of the People.[1] The political party Servant of the People was created in March 2018 by people from the TV production company Kvartal 95 who also created the TV series of the same name.[2][3]
Zelenskyy ran for president as a populist and anti-corruption candidate in the 2019 election. He defeated incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in a landslide victory, winning 73.2% of the vote.[4][5]
- ↑ Jacobsen, Katherine (13 December 2016). "How a Fictional President Is Helping Ukrainians Rethink Their Absurd Politics". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
Kao, Anthony (6 June 2017). "Ukraine's 'Servant of the People' is a hidden gem of political comedy". Cinema Escapist. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
Kao, Anthony (22 August 2017). "Interview: Vladimir Zelenskiy on playing Ukraine's president in 'Servant of the People'". Cinema Escapist. Retrieved 25 August 2017. - ↑ (in Ukrainian) Lawyer Zelensky has registered a new political party "Servant of the people", UNIAN (3 December 2017)
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) The boundary of a joke. How Zelensky prepares for the election, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 October 2018)
- ↑ "Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won 73% of the vote in Ukraine's election, an exit poll suggests". The Independent. 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ↑ Karmanau, Yuras. "Comedian who plays president on TV headed for landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2022-03-16.