Volodymyr Zelensky, a Ukrainian comedian who played an unlikely president in a hit television series, was sworn in as the country’s real president on Monday. He then promptly dissolved parliament.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky poses for selfies with supporters as he walks to the presidential office after his inauguration in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 20.
After a formal swearing-in ceremony held in the Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, Zelensky dismissed the governing body, a strategic move that enables a snap election.Polling was originally scheduled for late October, but the new president’s team hopes the election will win his party seats in the parliament early in his term. His party, Servant of the People, holds the same name as the TV show he starred in..
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