Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Birthday: 1/25/1978
Place of birth: Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kryvyi Ryh, Ukraine]
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Vladimir Zelenskiy, Vladimir Zelenskij, Wolodymyr Oleksandrowytsch Selenskyj, Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Зеле́нский, 弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基, ウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー, 볼로디미르 젤렌스키, فولوديمير زيلينسكي, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Volodymyr Zelensky
Social networks: Instagram , X (Twitter) , Facebook

Biography

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician, former actor and comedian who has been serving as the president of Ukraine since 2019. Zelenskyy grew up in Kryvyi Rih, a Russian-speaking region in southeastern Ukraine. Prior to his acting career, Zelenskyy obtained a degree in law from the Kyiv National Economic University. He then pursued comedy and created the production company Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons, and TV shows including Servant of the People, in which Zelenskyy played the role of president of Ukraine. The series aired from 2015 to 2019 and was immensely popular. A political party bearing the same name as the television show was created in March 2018 by employees of Kvartal 95.