Servant of the People (TV series)

Servant of the People (, ) is a Ukrainian  comedy television show that started on 16 October 2015. 

Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko, who is a high school history teacher, is the main character. The story begins when he unexpectedly becomes the President of Ukraine after he is filmed being angry about  in a viral video.

Ironically, the show joking about political became politically involved in Ukraine. On 31 March 2018, a political party Servant of the People was created and recorded to the Ministry of Justice. The actor who played the fictional President of Ukraine was actually elected President of Ukraine on 21 April 2019.

 Cast and characters 

 Protagonist 
 Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko (Volodymyr Zelensky): President of Ukraine

 Vasyl's family 
 Petro Holoborodko (): father
 Mariya Holoborodko (): mother
 Natasha Sakhno (): niece
 Svetlana Petrovna Sakhno (): sister
 Olha Yuriyivna Mishchenko (): ex-wife

 Ministers in government 
 Yuriy Ivanovich Chuiko (): Prime Minister of Ukraine
 Serhiy Mukhin (): Minister of Foreign Affairs and a former actor
 Ivan Skorik (): Minister of Defence and a former captain

 Others 
 Mikhaylo Sanin ()
 Anna Mikhailovna ()

 Production 
Kvartal 95 Studio is the producer of Servant of the People is produced by Kvartal 95. Actor Volodymyr Zelensky, who plays the main character in the show, is one of the studio's founders.

 Release 
Servant of the People was shown on the 1+1 channel in Ukraine. Later, Kvartal 95 Studio also uploaded every episode to YouTube. The show is also available on Netflix in a few countries.

 Film and other seasons 
In 2016, a feature film named  was shown. There was later a second television season released in 2017, and the third season was shown in 2019.

 Sources 

 Other websites 

Servant of the People  on Netflix (only some countries) 

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