Servant of the People

Also known as Sluga naroda, The servant of the people, Sluga narodu, Sluha Narodu, Servant of the Nation

Ukrainian television series

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"Servant of the People" is a Ukrainian television series that became culturally significant enough to influence real-world Ukrainian politics. The show matters because its lead actor, Volodymyr Zelensky, played a fictional president who later became Ukraine's actual president in real life.

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TV series · TMDB

★ 7.1

After a video of him ranting about government corruption goes viral, Ukrainian teacher Vasyl Petrovych Holoborod'ko becomes a countrywide hero. This new status leads to his being elected President, but that doesn't come without its own hijinks, as he refuses the presidential privileges, determined to lead a simplistic life.

Aired: 2015–2019
Seasons: 3 · 51 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Network: 1+1
Genres: Comedy

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Key facts

Genre: Political satire , Comedy
Created by: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Starring: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Stanislav Boklan Olena Kravets Jury Krapov Mykhailo Fatalov Oleksandr Pikalov Yevhen Koshovyi Viktor Saraykin Natalia Sumska Kateryna Kisten

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Servant of the People is a Ukrainian political satire comedy series created and produced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy stars as Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko, a high school history teacher in his thirties, who was unexpectedly elected president of Ukraine after finding instant fame when a student recorded a video of him delivering a profane rant against government corruption in his country and uploaded it to the internet. The series ran for three seasons between 2015 and 2019, and a film adaptation was released in 2016. The series was produced by Kvartal 95, a studio founded by Zelenskyy.

In 2018, the studio became involved in Ukrainian politics when a political party of the same name as the show was registered. While this was initially done to prevent others from using the name for "cynical political purposes", it quickly became active in Ukrainian politics, with Zelenskyy running as its candidate in the real-life 2019 Ukrainian presidential election against the incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Zelenskyy was elected president following a landslide victory in the second round election, winning 73% of the vote. He was sworn in as the president of Ukraine on 20 May 2019.