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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Role
Ukrainian president
Lived
1978–
Country of activity
Ukraine Ukraine
Strongest axis
Globalism 83%

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a former actor and comedian, has been president of Ukraine since 2019. He leads the country's defense against Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, under martial law, while pursuing EU membership and economic reforms.

In the 12 Axes register, Volodymyr Zelenskyy leans hardest on Isolationism – Globalism: Globalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary

Centrist

Unitary state with a decentralization reform

DemocraticAutocratic

Centrist

Elected 2019; elections postponed under martial law

Security 68%Freedom

Statist

Martial law, mobilization and restrictions on some parties

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism

Non-Interventionist

Seeks EU and NATO entry; wartime defence of sovereignty

Militarist 68%Pacifist

Military-Focused

Leads defence against Russia's 2022 invasion

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Centrist

Kept 2019 Ukrainian-language law; mooted minority status for Russian

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 68%

Economic Liberal

Lifted farmland sale ban in 2021; privatization drive

PlannedMarkets 68%

Markets

Deregulation and digital state services

IsolationismGlobalism 83%

Globalist

Won EU candidate status and duty-free EU trade in 2022

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Moderate

Jewish heritage; 2024 law banned Moscow-linked church bodies

ProgressiveTraditional

Moderate

Backs civil partnerships; marriage change barred in wartime

Acceleration 68%Bioconservative

Technological

Diia digital government platform

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Planned – Markets

On Planned – Markets, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is at Markets 68%. The register median is Planned 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Internationalism – Nationalism

On Internationalism – Nationalism, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Press Service of the President of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].