Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; He is a screenwriter, comedian, actor and director. Zelenski, who has a successful career history, has been a subject of curiosity due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky has won the love of all Ukrainian people since the day he took office. He attracted the attention of the whole world with his standing with his people in the war, not taking a step back, and his rightful stance against Vladimir Putin.
Volodymyr Oleksandrovich Zelensky was born on January 25, 1978 in a Jewish family. He was born in the city of Kriviy Rig, which was previously in the Soviet Union and today is Ukraine. His father, Oleksandr Zelenski, is a professor at the Kriviy Rig Institute of Economics, and his mother, Rimma Zelenska, is an engineer. Zelenski, who lived in Mongolia for 4 years due to his father’s job, studied Law at the Kyiv National University of Economics, but did not work in this field. Zelenski, who started acting at a young age, became a member of a comedy group.
In 2015, he played the President of Ukraine in a television series called “Servant of the People”. The character portrayed in the series; He is a history teacher who won the Presidential election after making anti-corruption statements. After the series, he made comedy programs on television with his own team.
Zelensky turned into a folk hero by supporting the 2013-2014 Euromaidan movement and the Ukrainian Army during the Donbass War. In 2014, he made his voice heard by opposing the ban of the President of Ukraine’s Culture to the entry of Russian artists to the country. In 2018, he founded the People’s Servant Party, which has the same name as the TV series he played, together with the production company of the series and its 95 employees.
In an interview with Der Spiegel in 2019; He said that he entered politics in order to restore trust in politicians, “to bring professional, decent people to power” and “to change the atmosphere of the political institution as much as possible”.
Zelenski announced in 2018 that he was a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian Presidential Election. Even before he announced his candidacy, Zelenski’s name was at the top of the polls. Zelenski, who is seen as certain to win, won the election on 20 May 2019 and became the President of the Republic.
Zelenski’s wife is Olena Zelenska, who is her friend from high school. The couple got married in 2003, their daughter Oleksandra was born in 2004 and their son Kirilo was born in 2013.
Movies Starring Volodymyr Zelenski
2009 : Love in the Big City
2011 : Office Romance. Our Time
2012 : Love in the Big City 2
2012 : Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon
2012 : 8 First Dates
2014 : Love in Vegas
2015 : 8 New Dates
