Oleksandr Zelenskyy

Oleksandr Zelenskyy
Олександр Зеленський
Born
Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy

(1947-12-23) 23 December 1947 (age 76)
Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet (1947–1991)
Ukrainian (1991–present)
Alma materKryvyi Rih State University
Known forBeing the father of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
SpouseRymma Zelenska
ChildrenVolodymyr Zelenskyy
RelativesOlena Zelenska (daughter-in-law)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsDepartment of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware of Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology
Thesis "Methodological foundations of surveying support for planning and accounting of production in the information system of ore quarry management"  (2003)

Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy[a] (Ukrainian: Олександр Семенович Зеленський; born 23 December 1947) is a Ukrainian mining scientist and mathematician,[1] who specializes in the automation of geological and surveying support. He is a professor[2] and a doctor of technical sciences.[3] Zelenskyy has been the head of the Kryvyi Rih State University's Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware since 1995. His son, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is currently serving as the 6th President of Ukraine.

Early life and family

Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy was born in Kryvyi Rih, Soviet Ukraine, on 23 December 1947. He is of Jewish origin.[4][5][6][7] His father, Semyon (Simon) Ivanovych Zelenskyy, served in the Red Army's 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division during World War II. Semyon's father and three brothers were killed in the Holocaust.[8] He is married to Rymma Zelenska (born 16 September 1950). He is the father of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978).[9][10]

Academic career

Oleksandr Zelenskyy earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Kryvyi Rih State University in 1972. In 1983, he defended his dissertation at the Moscow State Mining University, titled "Automated calculation of iron ore reserves in the ICS quarry." Zelenskyy has been the head of the Kryvyi Rih State University's Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware ever since 1995.[11] Zelenskyy used his prior scientific research to create an automated mining management system for Erdenet, a joint Mongolian-Russian company which develops one of the world's largest copper-molybdenum deposits. He worked with the company for over 20 years.

Notes

  1. ^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Semenovych and the family name is Zelenskyy.

References

  1. ^ Beckerman, Gal (27 February 2022). "How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero". The Atlantic. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Криворізький економічний інститут". www.kneu.dp.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Что известно о родителях Зеленского: редкие семейные фото". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "ethnic Ukrainian father's farer's medal certificate" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ Зеленский Владимир (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ Jewish comic who plays Ukraine president on TV leads Ukraine’s presidential race Archived 31 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, The Times of Israel (13 March 2019).
  7. ^ Higgins, Andrew (24 April 2019). "Ukraine's Newly Elected President Is Jewish. So Is Its Prime Minister. Not All Jews There Are Pleased". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Отбил 4 атаки и уничтожил врага: чем прославился дедушка Зеленского во Второй мировой войне". 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  9. ^ Volodymyr Zelenskyy told about his relationship with his parents Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine by Television Service of News, Channel 1+1, 28 September 2017 (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ Volodymyr Zelenskyy Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine interview by Dmitry Gordon at the official website, 26 December 2018 (in Russian)
  11. ^ Zelensky Oleksandr Semenovich Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine at the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics official website (in Ukrainian)