Zelensky

From comedian to respected statesman

Volodymyr Zelensky

• first jewish president in Ukraines history
• < 13.000 deaths in the war before he took up the office
• change of character since the start of the war

1. General Information

release of "the servant of the people"

october 2015

new gouvernment(president is struggling)

february2014

2. Before Zelenskys political career

artistic director of Studio Kvartal 95(retourn)

founded "Studio Kvartal 95"

regularly onKVN (Klub vesyólykh i nakhódchivykh)

law degree (Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics)

(Jewish parents) in Kryvyi Rih, then: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

until 2012,after 2013

2003

1997-2003

2000

born 25 January 1978

snap election (servant of the people: 254/450)

july 21 2019

buildup of troops and material on the Ukrainian-Russian border

in late 2021

73% of the votes(win)

plea by Zelensky for peace (attack started shortly after)

30% of the votes in the first round(against 36+ rivals)

massive decline in Zelenskys approval (corona)

"Servant of the people is an official political party

april 21 2019

february 24 2022

march 31 2019

2020

2018

3. path to and Zelenskys presedency until the war

Zelensky as the face of the resistance

• Zelensky: calm/honest public face | Putin: dangerous/strong public face
• Putin claims that Zelensky fled the capital > films himself standing in central kyiv

• offering by the USA to evacuate him > "The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride"

• the publishing of the identification of dead russian soldiers
• talented in communicating > motivating his people

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Volodymyr-Zelensky
• https://www.nzz.ch/international/selenski-laesst-russland-im-informationskrieg-schlecht-aussehen-ld.1671994
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy

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