Olena Zelenska
Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Зеленська; née Kiyashko, Кіяшко; born 6 February 1978) is a Ukrainian screenwriter. She is the current First Lady of Ukraine since 2019. She is the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky.[2]
Olena Zelenska Олена Зеленська | |
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 Zelenska in 2021 | |
| First Lady of Ukraine | |
| Assumed role 20 May 2019[1] | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Preceded by | Maryna Poroshenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Olena Volodymyrivna Kiyashko 6 February 1978 Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kryvyi Rih Ukraine) |
| Spouse(s) | Volodymyr Zelensky (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Kryvyi Rih National University |
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In December 2019, Zelenska was added in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by Focus magazine, taking 30th place.[3]
On 12 June 2020, Zelenska announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.[4] Four days later, she was hospitalized as the infection became worse.[5] Zelenska was released from the hospital on 3 July 2020.[6]
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Zelenska was seen as Russia's number two target. In mid-March, she was still in Ukraine at an unknown location. She released a statement saying the names of children killed during the invasion.[7]
Olena Zelenska Media
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska at an Eastern Orthodox prayer service in Istanbul on 16 October 2020
Olena Zelenska makes a speech at an annual conference of ambassadors of Ukraine
Olena Zelenska at the Fifth Ukrainian Women's Congress in 2021
Olena Zelenska at the Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen
Olena Zelenska, the US President Joe Biden and the US First Lady Jill Biden, the US Vice President Kamala Harris and the US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff
Olena Zelenska during a speech to the US Congress
USAID administrator Samantha Power and Olena Zelenska at the USAID HQ in 2022
Hillary Clinton and Olena Zelenska during the presentation of the foundation
Zelenska meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2022
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References
- ↑ правды», Екатерина БЕЛОКОНОВА | Сайт «Комсомольской (16 May 2019). "Инаугурация Владимира Зеленского состоится 20 мая". KP.RU - сайт «Комсомольской правды».
- ↑ "UNIAN: Main facts about Ukraine's next first lady Olena Zelenska | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 24 April 2019.
- ↑ "100 самых влиятельных украинцев". Focus (Ukrainian magazine). 23 December 2019.
- ↑ Ukraine leader cancels meetings, trips after wife tests positive for coronavirus, Reuters (12 June 2020)
- ↑ Ukraine president's wife hospitalized with moderate COVID-19, Reuters (16 June 2020)
- ↑ (in uk) Zelensky's wife overcame the coronavirus, but problems remain. 3 July 2020. https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/07/3/7258108/.
- ↑ "Ukraine's first lady, decrying deaths of children amid Russia's invasion, pleads for international support" (in en-US). Washington Post. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/09/ukraine-first-lady-olena-zelenska-letter/. Retrieved 2022-03-16.