The comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, according to official results with nearly all of the votes counted, making a comic actor with no experience in government or the military the commander in chief of a country that has been at war with Russian proxies for over five years.
2019 Presidential Election
New York Times: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, TV comedian, trounces president
Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a news conference at his campaign headquarters following a presidential election in Kyiv on April 21, 2019.
