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Volodymyr Zelensky

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	Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky is the sixth president of Ukraine since May 20, 2019. A former comedian and an actor with limited experience in politics had won a landslide victory in the country&#39;s presidential election in April 2019. Zelensky did not hold any positions in elective office before running for the post of president.</div>
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	The world praised Zelensky&#39;s bravery and determination to serve his war-torn country during the Russian invasion in February 2022. The global community hailed his valour of not fleeing the country amidst the political mayhem and gained recognition as a wartime leader.</div>
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	Volodymyr Zelensky was born on January 25, 1978, in Kryvyi Rih, a Russian-speaking industrial region of south-eastern Ukraine to Jewish parents. During his initial days of childhood, he was a native Russian speaker but gradually became fluent in both English and Ukrainian languages. In 1995, he took admission into Kryvyy Rih Economic Institute -- the local campus of Kyiv National Economic University and in 2000, Zelensky graduated with a law degree.</div>
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	In 1997, the comic-turned-president founded Kvartal 95 studio -- a television entertainment production company that produced many TV shows for years. Zelensky has worked in a number of films including -- Love in the Big City, Office Romance, Our Time, 8 First Dates, I, You, He, She, Svanty and Paddington.&nbsp;</div>
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	In 2015, he starred in the television series &#39;Servant of the People&#39; where he played the role of an anti-corruption politician who eventually becomes the Ukrainian president.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	Zelensky, whose grandfather served in the Soviet Army during the Second World War, also worked as a creative director and screenwriter and performed at stand-up comedy shows.</div>
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	In March 2018, Kvartal 95 established the political party &#39;Servant of the People&#39; that won the first single-party majority in Ukrainian history in parliament in July 2019.</div>
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	In 2019, Zelensky contested the presidential election and defeated Petro Poroshenko in a landslide victory as he won 73.2 per cent of the votes. On May 20, 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was sworn in as the sixth President of Ukraine.&nbsp;</div>
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