Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 44, was elected Urkaine’s president in 2019. Before he was elected, Zelenskyy played the president on a Ukrainian TV show called “Servant of the People.”
Zelenskyy’s campaign ran against corruption and on ending the war with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Leaning heavily on social media, he won in a landslide.
Soon after, he became embroiled in an investigation of then-President Trump who was accused of withholding military aid from Ukraine on the condition its government investigate his soon-to-be rival Joe Biden for his dealings in Ukraine. Trump was impeached and later acquitted.
Zelenskyy married screenwriter and architect Olena Zelenska in 2003 and the two have a son and daughter.
Zelenskyy’s campaign ran against corruption and on ending the war with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Leaning heavily on social media, he won in a landslide.
Soon after, he became embroiled in an investigation of then-President Trump who was accused of withholding military aid from Ukraine on the condition its government investigate his soon-to-be rival Joe Biden for his dealings in Ukraine. Trump was impeached and later acquitted.
Zelenskyy married screenwriter and architect Olena Zelenska in 2003 and the two have a son and daughter.