The results of the presidential election in Ukraine were declared late on Sunday night. In the presidential election, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, won with 73% of the votes. Zelensky has not been in any government post before. He played the role of a teacher in the TV show ‘Servant of the People’, whose speech against corruption gone viral and then he becomes the President of the country. From reel to real, the journey of the Ukrainian Comedian has been wonderful!
After the exit polls, even the former President Petro Poroshenko accepted his defeat whole heatedly. However, after the result announcement, instead of a stadium or hall, Ukrainian Comedian Zelensky announced his victory in a bar of Kyiv, Ukraine. Hundreds of people accompanied the star to celebrate his unexpected victory.
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After the victory, Zelensky told reporters that right now he is not officially handling the position of president. Further, he assured that once he will take the position officially, he is going to change Ukraine, one of the poorest nations of Europe. When he was asked what role will the old government and the former President will have in his tenure, he said that I will decide on this after asking the society. He said maybe there will be some position for them in my cabinet.
Local media calls Zelensky as the ‘Donald Trump of Ukraine’. Well! people have a lot of expectations from this comedian who turned to the President.
Let us tell you that Zelensky was born into a Jewish family. Many of his relatives are scientists by profession. The actor has entered politics in order to bring some critical changes in the system of Ukraine. During his election campaign, corruption was the most highlighted issue. Zelenski, during his campaign, also expressed his concern regarding the separatists located on the border.
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In the TV character, he was shown as a president fighting against corruption. His massive victory tells that his reel life character has had a great impact on the people in real life.