Ukraine's New President Is an Actor <br />Who Played a President on TV 41-year-old comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has <br />no previous political experience. But that didn't stop him from soundly beating incumbent Petro Poroshenko on Sunday. In a former series called 'Servant of the People,' Zelenskiy played a <br />teacher who launches a presidential campaign after becoming fed up with government corruption. Zelenskiy went on to transition that same anti-corruption message into his real-life campaign. Despite vague policies about he would do it, <br />Ukrainians desperate for the change voted him in. Zelenskiy will now be tasked with fixing Ukraine's <br />flailing economy. He will also have to deal with the country's government, whose majority still belongs to Poroshenko's <br />political party. If that weren't enough, Zelenskiy also faces ongoing conflict the <br />country has had with neighboring Russia.
