KYIV, Ukraine—President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looked set on July 22 to become Ukraine’s first leader since independence to command a single party majority in parliament, in what would be an unprecedented mandate to deliver promised reforms.
His party’s victory in the July 21 snap parliamentary election caps a meteoric rise for the former TV comedian who has tapped into widespread anger over entrenched corruption and low living standards in one of Europe’s poorest countries.
