A comedian has been declared the President of Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky with no political experience apart from a previous political role in a TV show in which he was featured as a president has won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election.
The Comedian identified as Volodymyr Zelensky with no political experience apart from a previous political role in a TV show in which he was featured as a president has won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election.
Volodymyr who started out his campaign as a joke was taken by surprise as the people of the country voted for him in mass beating his strongest contender Petro Poroshenko who is an avid politician.
The 41-year-old comedian garnered 73.2 percent of the vote according to nearly complete official results released on Monday beating Poroshenko who garnered just 24.4 percent vote.
The former comedian now President, will now take the responsibilities of 45 million Ukrainians.
In a speech, Zelensky assured his supporters of his relenting zeal to carry out his duties.. promising them he won't disappoint.
"I will never let you down." Zelensky said.
Meanwhile, the people of Ukraine are in high spirits and are optimistic about the just elected president.
