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Who is Volodymyr Zelensky ?

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky is the sixth president of Ukraine since May 20, 2019. A former comedian and an actor with limited experience in politics had won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election in April 2019. Zelensky did not hold any positions in elective office before running for the post of president.
 
The world praised Zelensky's bravery and determination to serve his war-torn country during the Russian invasion in February 2022. The global community hailed his valour of not fleeing the country amidst the political mayhem and gained recognition as a wartime leader.
 
Life and education
 
Volodymyr Zelensky was born on January 25, 1978, in Kryvyi Rih, a Russian-speaking industrial region of south-eastern Ukraine to Jewish parents. During his initial days of childhood, he was a native Russian speaker but gradually became fluent in both English and Ukrainian languages. In 1995, he took admission into Kryvyy Rih Economic Institute -- the local campus of Kyiv National Economic University and in 2000, Zelensky graduated with a law degree.
 
Career
 
In 1997, the comic-turned-president founded Kvartal 95 studio -- a television entertainment production company that produced many TV shows for years. Zelensky has worked in a number of films including -- Love in the Big City, Office Romance, Our Time, 8 First Dates, I, You, He, She, Svanty and Paddington. 
 
In 2015, he starred in the television series 'Servant of the People' where he played the role of an anti-corruption politician who eventually becomes the Ukrainian president.  
 
Zelensky, whose grandfather served in the Soviet Army during the Second World War, also worked as a creative director and screenwriter and performed at stand-up comedy shows.
 
In March 2018, Kvartal 95 established the political party 'Servant of the People' that won the first single-party majority in Ukrainian history in parliament in July 2019.
 
In 2019, Zelensky contested the presidential election and defeated Petro Poroshenko in a landslide victory as he won 73.2 per cent of the votes. On May 20, 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was sworn in as the sixth President of Ukraine. 
 

Latest Updates on Volodymyr Zelensky

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held bilateral talks in Kyiv on Tuesday and discussed wide-ranging issues as they condemned Russian aggression

Updated On: 22 Mar 2023 | 2:55 PM IST

The program will be divided into two phases. In the first, lasting 12-18 months, Ukraine will take measures to strengthen fiscal, external, price and financial stability

Updated On: 22 Mar 2023 | 8:33 AM IST

Moscow has been trying to take Bakhmut for months, as both sides suffer heavy losses in a grinding war of attrition, the BBC reported

Updated On: 07 Mar 2023 | 10:30 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. This comes after Beijing called for peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, New York Post reported

Updated On: 25 Feb 2023 | 7:50 AM IST

Zelensky's rallying call comes amid warnings that Russia could be planning an attack to coincide with the anniversary

Updated On: 24 Feb 2023 | 1:47 PM IST

Chairman Mike McCaul and four other Republican lawmakers said they discussed at length what Ukraine's military needs to fight off Russian aggression

Updated On: 22 Feb 2023 | 7:07 AM IST

The date was February 24, 2022 cataclysmic for Ukraine, course-changing for Russia, history-shaping for the wider world

Updated On: 21 Feb 2023 | 2:53 PM IST

Zelenskyy said he and Biden spoke about "long-range weapons and the arms that may still be supplied to Ukraine even though it wasn't supplied before

Updated On: 20 Feb 2023 | 11:34 PM IST

Zelensky thanked Canada for its support and assistance to Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia, stressing the importance of the decision to provide Leopard battle tanks

Updated On: 15 Feb 2023 | 7:47 AM IST

While Russia kills and terrorizes, representatives of the terrorist state have no place at sports and Olympic competitions, Zelenskyy told the summit in an opening address by video link

Updated On: 11 Feb 2023 | 6:41 AM IST

Ukraine and the EU are "one family," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen added, and that the country can depend on Europe's continued support in its fight against Russia

Updated On: 10 Feb 2023 | 11:02 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought Western support for his country in surprise visits to Britain and France, pushing for fighter jets to battle Russian invaders

Updated On: 09 Feb 2023 | 7:21 AM IST

The European Union's legislature was preparing plans Monday to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy should the Ukraine president decide to come to Brussels to attend an EU summit later this week

Updated On: 07 Feb 2023 | 6:59 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his war-torn country deserved to start European Union accession talks 'this year', CNN reported

Updated On: 03 Feb 2023 | 7:37 AM IST

The Defence Minister further said that Ukraine's commanders would seek to 'stabilise the front and prepare for a counter-offensive'

Updated On: 02 Feb 2023 | 9:57 AM IST

Johnson, who made no mention of the allegations, he was received by the President and other Ukrainian ministers

Updated On: 22 Jan 2023 | 11:42 PM IST

The latest package brings total US military assistance to Ukraine since Russia's February 2022 invasion to more than $26.7 billion

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 10:41 PM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has bared his frustration about not obtaining enough tanks from some Western countries to help Ukraine's defend against Russian forces.

Updated On: 19 Jan 2023 | 5:11 PM IST

He said Ukraine needs military as well as financial support to win this war and recover from the crisis

Updated On: 18 Jan 2023 | 11:37 PM IST

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Updated On: 18 Jan 2023 | 9:52 PM IST