Servant of the People (2015 TV series)
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| Genre | Political satire Comedy |
| Created by | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
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| Theme music composer | Dmytro Shurov |
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| Country of origin | Ukraine |
| Original languages | Russian Ukrainian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
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| Production locations | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Running time | 40–90 minutes |
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| Network | 1+1 |
| Release | 16 November 2015 – 28 March 2019 |
Servant of the People, also known as Servant of the Nation, is a Ukrainian political satire comedy series created and produced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy plays the main character, Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko, a high school history teacher in his 30s. He is unexpectedly elected President of Ukraine after a video filmed by one of his students goes viral, in which he delivers a profane rant against government corruption in his country. The series ran for three seasons between 2015 and 2019, and a film adaptation was released in 2016.
The series was produced by Kvartal 95, a studio founded by Zelenskyy. The studio soon became involved in Ukrainian politics, and in 2018, a political party with the same name as the show was registered. Running as its candidate, Zelenskyy was elected president of Ukraine in 2019.