The top Ukrainian president had no relationship with politics before becoming president, but was a highly reputable actor.
Volodímir Zelenski is the current president of Ukraine and one of the current names in international politics due to the conflict between the country he presides over and Russia. This conflict has come to a boil after Putin sent guts to the border between the two nations, which has caused an increase in tension and international suspicions that Russia intends to invade Kiev .
Before coming to power, Zelensky was in favor of his country moving closer to the European Union and NATO , something Russia strongly opposes. However, with the advance of the tension between the two territories, the two presidents have met with those responsible for other EU countries . In fact, one such meeting between Zelensky and Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, came to light recently.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian president has established February 16 as the Day of Unity in the country, marking it as the day on which the Russian invasion would begin. ” They tell us that February 16 will be the day of the attack. We will make it a Day of Unity . The corresponding decree has already been signed,” Zelenski explained.
He starred in a series in which he became the president of Ukraine
The president was elected president of Ukraine almost 3 years ago, on April 21, 2019, and was sworn in a month later . However, before coming to govern the country he was not linked to politics. In 2000 he graduated in Law from the Kiev National Economic University. However, since 1997 he had been working in the world of acting , as an actor, screenwriter and producer at the production company Kvartal 95, where he was until 2003.
There he also served as executive producer and, later, as executive director. His most prominent role as an actor was in the series ‘Servant of the People’ , in which he was the protagonist, a history teacher who, ironically, becomes the president of Ukraine. Thanks to his work in this sector, he received more than 30 national awards on Ukrainian television and numerous awards at international film festivals.
Finally, he ran as a candidate for the Ukrainian elections in which he swept 73.22% , defeating Petró Poroshenko. However, the conflict with Russia could cause him to lose the confidence of the people to be re-elected for a second term. For now, national polls already show that he has lost much of his support .