Article written by Isabela Paro and Maria Cerdeira
Zelensky is the current president of Ukraine, however, what few know is that he came from a comedian career. Born in Kryvy Rih, Ukraine, in day 25 January 1978, Volodimir Olexandrovich Zalesky, from a Jewish family, had a very intriguing trajectory until he reached his current post of president. Of 1995 until the years 2000, devoted himself to the Faculty of Law at the Kiev National University of Economics, where he ended up graduating, but ended up not continuing within his area of training. However, during your graduation, Zelensky was involved in and participated in theater and comedy groups, where the ambition and desire to work in the artistic world was born.
Zelensky bet on his career as an actor and comedian in Ukraine, where he was very successful and gained space on television not only in his country, but also from neighboring countries. Due to your resourcefulness, participated in several cinema productions and served as general producer for a television channel. What led to Ukrainian politics was his role in a local television series, called Servant of the people, where he plays a teacher angry with corruption in his country. The series became popular due to its various analogies to the dissatisfaction that the population was experiencing at the time., with politics, economic crisis, and the crisis with Russia.
In this context, your candidacy in 2019 was seen as a joke by some people, but he managed to win with 73% of votes, promising to end corruption and guarantee peace. Your party is the Servant of the People, a populist party, liberalist and pro-European. For making utopian promises, the beginning of his term was marked by a drop in the approval rate, however, Proved himself to be a convincing war leader during the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to the editor-in-chief of the news website Novoye Vremya,, Yulia McGuffie, Zelensky is occupying an inspiring role, publishing anti-war messages and calls for peace for Ukrainian civilians. Besides that, The president's rapprochement with the West is notable, such as through meetings with figures such as Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen.
In conclusion, even during his artistic career, Volodinir Zelensky was already a person engaged and concerned about the social situation in the country. Although he was unable to fulfill his campaign promises, the president showed himself as a strong war leader and an inspiring figure for Ukrainians.
References:
MULVEY, Stephen. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky: The comedian Presidente who’s rising at the moment. BBC. 26 February 2022. Available in: https://www.google.com.br/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59667938.amp. Access in: 7 April 2022.
NEVES, Daniel. Volodimir Zelensky became famous for starring in the series “Servant of the People”, which led him to win the election for president of Ukraine in 2019. Available in:https://www.historiadomundo.com.br/idade-contemporanea/volodimir-zelensky.htm
Access in : 9 April 2022.
