Oleksandr Zelenskyy
{{Short description|Ukrainian mining scientist (born 1947)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Oleksandr Zelenskyy
| native_name = {{Nobold|Олександр Зеленський}}
| native_name_lang = uk
| image =
| birth_name = Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
| nationality = Soviet (1947–1991)
Ukrainian (1991–present)
| fields = Electrical engineering
| workplaces = Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware of Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology
| alma_mater = Kryvyi Rih State University
| thesis_title = "Methodological foundations of surveying support for planning and accounting of production in the information system of ore quarry management"
| thesis_year = 2003
| known_for = Being the father of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
| spouse = Rymma Zelenska
| children = Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978)
| relatives = Olena Zelenska (daughter-in-law)
}}
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Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy{{family name footnote|Semenovych|Zelenskyy|lang=Eastern Slavic}} ({{langx|uk|Олександр Семенович Зеленський}}; born 23 December 1947) is a Ukrainian mining scientist and mathematician,{{Cite web |last=Beckerman |first=Gal |date=2022-02-27 |title=How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/02/zelensky-ukraine-president-jewish-hero/622945/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}} who specializes in the automation of geological and surveying support. He is a professor{{Cite web |title=Криворізький економічний інститут |url=https://www.kneu.dp.ua/ua/persons/49 |website=www.kneu.dp.ua |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=uk }} and a doctor of technical sciences.{{Cite web |title=Что известно о родителях Зеленского: редкие семейные фото |url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/styler/redkie-semeynye-foto-izvestno-roditelyah-1554304854.html |work=РБК-Украина |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=ru }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://podvignaroda.ru/filter/filterimage?path=VS/245/033-0690155-1047%2b011-1046/00000509.jpg |title=ethnic Ukrainian father's farer's medal certificate |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611065402/http://podvignaroda.ru/filter/filterimage?path=VS%2F245%2F033-0690155-1047%2B011-1046%2F00000509.jpg |archive-date=11 June 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite web| url=https://file.liga.net/persons/vladimir-zelenskii |script-title=ru:Зеленский Владимир |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050545/https://file.liga.net/persons/vladimir-zelenskii | archive-date=2 January 2019| access-date=27 January 2022 | language=ru}}[https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-comic-who-plays-ukraine-president-on-tv-leads-ukraines-presidential-race/ Jewish comic who plays Ukraine president on TV leads Ukraine’s presidential race] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331233031/https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-comic-who-plays-ukraine-president-on-tv-leads-ukraines-presidential-race/ |date=31 March 2019 }}, The Times of Israel (13 March 2019).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/world/europe/volodomyr-zelensky-ukraine-jewish-president.html|title=Ukraine's Newly Elected President Is Jewish. So Is Its Prime Minister. Not All Jews There Are Pleased.|last=Higgins|first=Andrew|date=24 April 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=27 January 2022|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425012514/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/world/europe/volodomyr-zelensky-ukraine-jewish-president.html|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://znaj.ua/ru/politics/231827-vidbiv-4-ataki-i-znishchiv-voroga-chim-proslavivsya-didus-zelenskogo-u-drugiy-svitoviy-viyni |title=Отбил 4 атаки и уничтожил врага: чем прославился дедушка Зеленского во Второй мировой войне |date=9 May 2019 |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704151037/https://amp.znaj.ua/ru/politics/231827-vidbiv-4-ataki-i-znishchiv-voroga-chim-proslavivsya-didus-zelenskogo-u-drugiy-svitoviy-viyni |archive-date=4 July 2020 |url-status=live }} He is married to Rymma Zelenska (born 16 September 1950). He is the father of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978).[https://tsn.ua/video/video-novini/volodimir-zelenskiy-rozkazav-pro-stosunki-z-batkami.html Volodymyr Zelenskyy told about his relationship with his parents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072239/https://tsn.ua/video/video-novini/volodimir-zelenskiy-rozkazav-pro-stosunki-z-batkami.html |date=7 January 2019 }} by Television Service of News, Channel 1+1, 28 September 2017 (in Ukrainian)[https://gordonua.com/publications/zelenskiy-esli-menya-vyberut-prezidentom-snachala-budut-oblivat-gryazyu-zatem-uvazhat-a-potom-plakat-kogda-uydu-609294.html Volodymyr Zelenskyy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107015821/https://gordonua.com/publications/zelenskiy-esli-menya-vyberut-prezidentom-snachala-budut-oblivat-gryazyu-zatem-uvazhat-a-potom-plakat-kogda-uydu-609294.html |date=7 January 2019 }} interview by Dmitry Gordon at the official website, 26 December 2018 (in Russian)
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.[http://www.kneu.dp.ua/zelenskij-oleksandr-semenovich/ Zelensky Oleksandr Semenovich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072148/http://www.kneu.dp.ua/zelenskij-oleksandr-semenovich/ |date=7 January 2019 }} at the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics official website (in Ukrainian) 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.
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