24 Facts About Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy was born on 25 January 1978, and transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy, is a Ukrainian politician and former comedian and actor who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019.

Volodymyr Zelensky then pursued a career in comedy and created the production company Kvartal 95, which produced films, cartoons, and TV shows including the TV series Servant of the People, in which Zelenskyy played the role of the Ukrainian president.

Volodymyr Zelensky has positioned himself as an anti-establishment and anti-corruption figure.

Volodymyr Zelensky's party won a landslide victory in the snap legislative election held shortly after his inauguration as president.

Volodymyr Zelensky's administration faced an escalation of tensions with Russia in 2021, culminating in the launch of the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.

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Volodymyr Zelensky initially distanced himself from warnings of an imminent war, while calling for security guarantees and military support from NATO to "withstand" the threat.

Volodymyr Zelensky's father, Oleksandr Zelenskyy, is a professor and computer scientist and the head of the Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware at the Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology; his mother, Rymma Zelenska, used to work as an engineer.

Volodymyr Zelensky later earned a law degree from the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics, then a department of Kyiv National Economic University and now part of Kryvyi Rih National University, but did not go on to work in the legal field.

Volodymyr Zelensky was invited to join the united Ukrainian team "Zaporizhia-Kryvyi Rih-Transit" which performed in the KVN's Major League and eventually won in 1997.

Volodymyr Zelensky recorded the voice of Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian dubbing of Paddington and Paddington 2 .

Volodymyr Zelensky's announcement up-staged the New Year's Eve address of incumbent president Petro Poroshenko on the same channel, which Zelenskyy said was unintentional and attributed to a technical glitch.

Volodymyr Zelensky did not release a detailed policy platform and his engagement with mainstream media was minimal; he instead reached out to the electorate via social media channels and YouTube clips.

Volodymyr Zelensky styled himself as an anti-establishment, anti-corruption figure, although he was not generally described as a populist.

Volodymyr Zelensky said he wished to restore trust in politicians, "to bring professional, decent people to power" and to "change the mood and timbre of the political establishment".

Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a tax amnesty and a 5 per cent flat tax for big business which could be increased "in dialogue with them and if everyone agrees".

Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to spend the money that would have been used to finance the parade on veterans.

Volodymyr Zelensky disputed claims of the Russian government about the presence of neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian government and stated that he had no intention of attacking the Donbas region, while highlighting his personal connections to the area.

Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a new collective security agreement for Ukraine with the United States, Turkey, France, Germany as an alternative to the country joining NATO.

Volodymyr Zelensky has made numerous addresses to the legislatures of the EU, UK, Poland, Australia, Canada, US, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Romania and the Nordic countries.

Volodymyr Zelensky made the comment after he was asked about an online petition calling to lift a prohibition on Ukrainian men leaving Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky invited African leaders for virtual meeting but only four of them attended.

Volodymyr Zelensky did not rule out holding a referendum on the issue.

Volodymyr Zelensky promised to bring the salary for military personnel "to the level of NATO standards".

Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian artists "who have turned into politicians" should remain banned from entering Ukraine.