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Olena Zelenska

Olena Zelenska

Career

First lady of Ukraine, 2019-present

Details

Born: Feb 06, 1978

International Leader

Biography

Olena Zelenska is a Ukrainian screenwriter and the first lady of Ukraine, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenska was the first, and so far only, first lady from another country to speak before the U.S. Congress, when she addressed Congress on July 20, 2022, to request more military aid for Ukraine in their war against the Russian invasion.

Speeches