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Volodymyr Zelenskyy | |
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Володимир Зеленський | |
 Zelenskyy in 2022 | |
| 6th President of Ukraine | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Petro Poroshenko |
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| Born | 25 January 1978 Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent[1] |
| Other political affiliations | Servant of the People (2018–present) |
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Olena Kiyashko (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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| Residence | Mariinskyi Palace |
| Alma mater | Kyiv National Economic University (LLB) |
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| Website | president |
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a][b][c] (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former actor who has been serving as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019.
Born to a Ukrainian Jewish family, Zelenskyy grew up as a native Russian speaker in Kryvyi Rih, a major city of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine. Prior to his acting career, he obtained a degree in law from the Kyiv National Economic University. He then pursued a career in comedy and created the production company Kvartal 95, which produced films, cartoons, and TV shows including the TV series Servant of the People, in which Zelenskyy played a fictional Ukrainian president. The series aired from 2015 to 2019 and was immensely popular. A political party with the same name as the TV show was created in March 2018 by employees of Kvartal 95.
Zelenskyy announced his candidacy in the 2019 presidential election on the evening of 31 December 2018, alongside the New Year's Eve address of then-president Petro Poroshenko on the TV channel 1+1. A political outsider, he had already become one of the frontrunners in opinion polls for the election. He won the election with 73.23 percent of the vote in the second round, defeating Poroshenko. He has positioned himself as an anti-establishment and anti-corruption figure. As president, Zelenskyy has been a proponent of e-government and of unity between the Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking parts of the country's population.[4]: 11–13 His communication style makes extensive use of social media, particularly Instagram.[4]: 7–10 His party won a landslide victory in the snap legislative election held shortly after his inauguration as president. During the first two years of his administration, Zelenskyy oversaw the lifting of legal immunity for members of parliament (the Verkhovna Rada),[5] the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recession, and some limited progress in tackling corruption in Ukraine.[6][7][8]
During his presidential campaign, Zelenskyy promised to end Ukraine's protracted conflict with Russia, and he has attempted to engage in dialogue with Russian president Vladimir Putin.[9] His administration faced an escalation of tensions with Russia in 2021, culminating in the launch of an ongoing full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. Zelenskyy's strategy during the Russian military buildup was to calm the Ukrainian populace and assure the international community that Ukraine was not seeking to retaliate.[10] He initially distanced himself from warnings of an imminent war, while also calling for security guarantees and military support from NATO to "withstand" the threat.[11] After the start of the invasion, Zelenskyy declared martial law across Ukraine and a general mobilisation of the armed forces.[12][13] Zelenskyy was named the Time Person of the Year for 2022.[14][15][16][17]
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- ^ a b Dickinson, Peter (9 June 2019). "Zelensky, Zelenskiy, Zelenskyy: Spelling Confusion Doesn't Help Ukraine". Atlantic Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Mendel, Iuliia [@IuliiaMendel] (10 June 2019). "Dear colleagues, this is the official form of the last name that the President has in his passport. This was decided by the passport service of Ukraine. The President won't be offended if BBC standards assume different transliteration" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Hosa, Joanna; Wilson, Andrew (25 September 2019). Zelensky Unchained: What Ukraine's New Political Order Means For Its Future (Report). European Council on Foreign Relations. JSTOR resrep21659. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine Lifts Prosecutorial Immunity For Members Of Parliament". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Peleschuk, Dan (15 April 2021). "Ukraine's anti-corruption effort struggles, but soldiers on". Eurasianet. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Wilson, Andrew (6 July 2021). Faltering fightback: Zelensky's piecemeal campaign against Ukraine's oligarchs (Report). European Council on Foreign Relations. JSTOR resrep33811. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ Khalaf, Roula; Miller, Christopher; Hall, Ben (5 December 2022). "FT Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 'I am more responsible than brave'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Lutsevych, Orysia (16 November 2021). "Ukraine still backs Zelenskyy despite slow progress". Chatham House. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Conflict in Ukraine". Global Conflict Tracker. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Seibt, Sébastian (18 February 2022). "Military tactics: Zelensky plays both sides in Ukrainian crisis". France 24. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ukrainian parliament approves extending martial law in Ukraine | Ukrainska Pravda". Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Українці визначилися з "найкращим президентом" в історії країни - Рейтинг" (in Russian). LIGA. 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Як змінювався рівень довіри та підтримки Зеленського та його попередників (оновлено). Слово і Діло (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Оцінка президентів: найбільше довіряють Зеленському, найкращим вважають Кучму. Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Історія президентів України в семи актах - Центр спільних дій. Сentreua (in Ukrainian). 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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