Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky was born in1978in the city of Kryvyy Rih in Ukraine, he was best known as an actor, comedian, and director of TV companies before the 2019 presidential elections. He studied law at the National University of Kryvyi Rih, but already during his schooling, it became clear that he wanted to take a different path, as he was already involved in comedy at that time. In 1997 he founded the cabaret group Quarter 95 (LivingBlock 95). After his studies, he went down that road, collaborating on TV shows and playing roles in films and comedies. After a few years of experience, he also founded his own media company Kvartal 95 which became very popular. In 2015 he played the fictional lead role as president in the TV series "Servant of the People" in which he fought corruption as president and not much later he started a real-life successful anti-corruption campaign on social media. This is how he became popular and won the presidential election in 2019. But above all, he gained worldwide recognition as the war leader of Ukraine during the Russian invasion that began in February 2022. The Harvard Political Review wrote that Zelensky" harnessed the power of social media to become the first true online war leader in history, bypassing traditional gatekeepers while using the Internet to reach people. " BBC News and The Guardian reported that Zelensky's response to the invasion was praised even by earlier critics.