KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 19: Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky attends a debate with Ukrainian President and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko (not seen) at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on April 19, 2019. ( Vladimir Shtanko - Anadolu Agency )
KIEV
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.
