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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy was born to Jewish parents on 25 January 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. [29] [30] [31] His father, Oleksandr Zelenskyy, is a professor and computer scientist and the head of the Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware at the Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology; his mother, Rymma Zelenska, is a ...
On 2 December 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered a bill to the Verkhovna Rada that would officially ban all activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) UOC in Ukraine. [54] In 2023, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom by American non-profit Freedom House. [55]
Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska [a] [b] (née Kyiashko; [c] born 6 February 1978) is a Ukrainian screenwriter who is the current First Lady of Ukraine as the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [3] Zelenska was named by Time as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023. [4]
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy laid out his vision for ending the war in his country in partnership with President Donald Trump ...
Every president of Ukraine except for Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been a People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada prior to their election, with Kuchma, Yushchenko, and Yanukovych all previously serving as Prime Minister and Kravchuk as well as acting president Turchynov previously serving as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to the national anthem during a visit to Kherson, Ukraine, Nov. 14, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) (AP)
With President Volodymyr Zelensky (elected in 2019) and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (elected in 2020), two politicians hold the highest state offices who have Jewish ancestry. [29] Oleksii Reznikov , Ukrainian Minister of Defence from 2021 to 2023, also comes from a Jewish family.
Volodymyr Bahaziy, head of Kyiv City Administration under German occupation (October 1941–January 1942) Ivan Bahrianyi, president (acting) of the UNR in exile (1965–1967) Stepan Bandera, leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) Oleksander Barvinsky, leader of the Christian Social Movement in Ukraine