{"id":406087,"date":"2019-05-20T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/sixth-president-ukraine-life\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:30:59","slug":"sixth-president-ukraine-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sixth-president-ukraine-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sixth President of Ukraine: Life Before and After"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t74fqj8Ywkw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h5>\n<p>Volodymyr Zelenskyi, 41, grew up in\u00a0Kryvyi Rih, an industrial city in central Ukraine and obtained a law degree at Kyiv&#8217;s National Economic University.<\/p>\n<p>As a student, Zelenskyi was an active member of the KVN or &#8220;Club of the Funny and Inventive People.&#8221; From this comedy TV show, he created his own team, calling it &#8220;Kvartal 95.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, he married Olena Kiyashko. The two met each other in school, as they studied in parallel classes. They had two children, daughter Oleksandra and son Kyrylo.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Zelenskyi created a TV show. He named it &#8220;Kvartal 95.&#8221; In addition, he was the General Producer at a Ukrainian TV channel for two years, producing and starring in more than ten full-length feature films.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyi had never worked as a government official and had never been connected with politics.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zelenskyi ran for office with the \u201cServant of the People\u201d party. The party was given the same title as that of a Netflix show in which he played the role of a school teacher who inadvertently is propelled to the Ukrainian presidency after a filmed-rant against corruption goes viral.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyi&#8217;s election campaign was unconventional not only for Ukraine but also the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the candidate&#8217;s tour, he organized tours for Kvartal 95. He recorded video messages for the voters instead of holding press conferences and having meetings.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd round of elections, Zelenskyi secured 73 percent of the vote. In Ukraine, this number was record-breaking.<\/p>\n<p>During his election program, Zelenskyi promised to digitalize the country. He said he would make it possible for people to set up businesses within an hour, get a passport in 15 minutes, and vote in just a second.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyi intends to submit bills on lifting parliamentarian immunity, as well as introducing the procedure for impeaching the president. 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