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Volodymyr Zelensky

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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022. Zelenskyy grew up as a native Russian speaker in Kryvyi Rih, a major city of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine. He obtained a degree in law from the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics, but never practised law and pursued a career in comedy and entertainment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Volodymyr Zelensky is the 467th most popular politician (up from 1,062nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 39th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Volodymyr Zelensky ranks 467 out of 19,576Before him are Henry VII of England, Pertinax, Alfred the Great, Willy Brandt, Toghon Temür, and Nawaz Sharif. After him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Vitellius, Frederick William II of Prussia, Macbeth, King of Scotland, John Adams, and Alexander Lukashenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Volodymyr Zelensky ranks 1After him are Gianluigi Buffon, Zoe Saldaña, Miroslav Klose, Didier Drogba, Usher, Carles Puyol, Amal Clooney, Gennaro Gattuso, Kobe Bryant, Olena Zelenska, and Charlene, Princess of Monaco.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky ranks 12 out of 1,365Before him are Edgar de Wahl (1867), Sergei Prokofiev (1891), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), John III Sobieski (1629), Stefania Turkewich (1898), and Stepan Bandera (1909). After him are Kazimir Malevich (1879), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Ilya Repin (1844), Taras Shevchenko (1814), and Hafsa Sultan (1479).

Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky ranks 8Before him are Leonid Brezhnev (1906), Hurrem Sultan (1502), Golda Meir (1898), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), John III Sobieski (1629), and Stepan Bandera (1909). After him are Hafsa Sultan (1479), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), and Yulia Tymoshenko (1960).