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Zelensky officially declared Ukraine's new president

Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published April 30,2019
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Volodymyr Zelensky has been formally named Ukraine's new president, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Tuesday.

Zelensky has won 73.22% of the votes to Petro Poroshenko's 24.45%, Tetiana Slipachuk, the commission's head, told a news conference.

Zelensky, an actor with no political experience who won in an April 22 runoff, is expected to be inaugurated by May 31.