From a distance, he’s a fairy-tale figure: Last year, he was an actor starring in a TV comedy series about an ordinary guy who becomes leader of his country; then this April, in a surprise turn of events, he was elected President of his country, Ukraine, on an anti-corruption agenda.
On July 2, politicians from around the world got their first up-close look at Volodymyr Zelensky in Toronto, where the 41-year-old comedian-turned-President attended a high-level conference on Ukrainian economic and political reform hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.
