- Born
- Birth nameVolodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy
- Height1.67 m
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the 6th president of Ukraine. Before entering politics, he was a comedian, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director.
Prior to his political career, he obtained a degree in law and created a production company, Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons, TV comedy shows, including Serviteur du peuple (2015), in which Zelenskiy played the role of President of Ukraine. A political party bearing the same name as the television show was created in March 2018 by employees of Kvartal 95.
Zelenskiy announced his candidacy for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election on the evening of 31 December 2018, alongside the New Year's Eve address of President Petro Poroshenko on 1+1 TV Channel. At the time, Zelenskiy had already been one of the front-runners in opinion polls for the election. Zelenskiy won the election with 73.22% of the vote in the second round, defeating Poroshenko.- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseOlena Zelenska(September 6, 2003 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- After portraying the president of Ukraine for three years in his comedy series Serviteur du peuple (2015), he was elected president of the country in 2019.
- In March 2022, he made a speech appealing to Britain's parliament for aid during the war in Ukraine. Although a small number of foreign leaders including Charles de Gaulle and Nelson Mandela had previously been allowed to address gatherings of members of parliament, Zelenskyy was the first to speak to the chamber directly (by videolink, since he had refused to leave Kyiv).
- President of Ukraine (2019-present).
- An alternative spelling of his name, sometimes used, is "Volodymyr Zelensky".
- Fifth Avenue in Harlow, Essex has officially become Zelenskyy Avenue, the UK's first road named after the President of Ukraine. Robert Halfon, Harlow's MP, said the town was an appropriate place to celebrate Ukraine's leader because "Harlow the new town emerged like a phoenix from the ashes" built for many displaced London families after World War Two.
- The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride
- [addressing the British Parliament] We shall defend our land, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight in the woods, in the fields, on the beaches, in the cities and villages, in the streets, we shall fight in the hills... we shall fight on the spoil tips, on the banks of the Kalmius and the Dnieper. And we shall not surrender.
- What is Russia doing now? It is trying to set a precedent. If it manages to break the statehood of the neighboring nation, other states will do the same. What is Ukraine doing now with its partners? Trying to set another precedent. So that all the aggressors in the world once and for all see that the war will create the biggest problems for them -- for the aggressors. So that they know that the hatred they spread against ordinary people like you and me, against other nations, will strike first and foremost at themselves when the free world refuses to deal with those who spread such hatred. This is a very transparent process of struggle. And everyone chooses a role in it.
- [24 August 2022; Independence Day of Ukraine] For Ukrainians, the most horrible iron is not missiles and tanks, but shackles. Not trenches, but fetter.
- Ruscism respects neither state borders nor human values.
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