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Ukraine’s New President a Product of Peaceful, Democratic Change

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Ukraine’s New President a Product of Peaceful, Democratic Change
Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to journalists at his election-day headquarters after polls closed in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
David Kilgour
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Election authorities in Ukraine recently officially named TV star, comedian, and political novice Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the new president.

The official results of the April 21 run-off vote indicated that Zelenskiy defeated incumbent President Petro Poroshenko by winning 73 percent of the run-off vote.

David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
David Kilgour, J.D., former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, senior member of the Canadian Parliament and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China, He was a Crowne Prosecutor and longtime expert commentator of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in Africa. He co-authored Bloody Harvest: Killed for Their Organs and La Mission au Rwanda.
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