Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky

From comedian to respected statesman

1. General Information

• 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

born 25 January 1978

2000

1997-2003

2003

until 2012,after 2013

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

law degree (Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics)

regularly onKVN (Klub vesyólykh i nakhódchivykh)

founded "Studio Kvartal 95"

artistic director of Studio Kvartal 95(retourn)

2. Before Zelenskys political career

february2014

new gouvernment(president is struggling)

october 2015

release of "the servant of the people"

3. path to and Zelenskys presedency until the war

2018

2020

march 31 2019

february 24 2022

april 21 2019

"Servant of the people is an official political party

massive decline in Zelenskys approval (corona)

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

plea by Zelensky for peace (attack started shortly after)

73% of the votes(win)

in late 2021

buildup of troops and material on the Ukrainian-Russian border

july 21 2019

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

• 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

Zelensky as the face of the resistance

Sources

• 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