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Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Зеленська; née Kiyashko (Ukrainian: Кіяшко); born 6 February 1978) is the current First Lady of Ukraine as the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Life and work
Olena Kiyashko (maiden name) was born in Kryvyi Rih on 6 February 1978. She and her future husband were schoolmates, but they were not acquainted. Zelensky once said that he knew many of his classmates, but not Olena. They got acquainted much later — when Olena was studying at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Kryvyi Rih National University.
The relationship between the couple developed gradually — they dated for eight years before getting married in 2003. Two years later, their daughter Oleksandra was born. On January 21, 2013, Olena gave birth to their son Kyrylo.
Zelenska did not do much work as an architect. Instead she wrote texts for Kvartal 95. In her youth, she often accompanied Zelensky at performances and rehearsals, then gradually helping in the preparation of team acts. Later she became a full-fledged writer.
In December 2019, Olena Zelenska was included in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by Focus magazine, taking the 30th place.
