 Zelensky named Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2022. Time Magazine has named Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and the spirit of Ukraine its 2022 Person of the Year. Time grants its annual Person of the Year title to individuals or groups it considers to be most influential in the past 12 months. The magazine's other finalists in 2022 included Chinese leader Hee Jinping, Elon Musk, protesters in Iran, philanthropists MacKenzie Scott, among others. Time's editor, Edward Felcensa, said that the decision to choose Volodymyr Zelensky was the most clear cut in memory. In a world that had come to be defined by its divisiveness, there was a coming together around this country, Felcensa wrote. Volodymyr Zelensky has drawn the praise of the international community for his fight against Russian invasion since Moscow unleashed its war of aggression in Ukraine on February 24.