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With more than 3.3 million votes cast, Zelensky came in first with 5% of the vote. When [Russian forces began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine](https://time.com/6150874/world-order-russia-ukraine/) in February, Zelensky, [a comedian](https://time.com/longform/ukraine-presidential-election/) with no political experience before he was elected Ukraine’s President in 2019, was thrust onto the world stage and rallied leaders to support Ukraine. “You understand that they’re watching,” he told TIME’s Simon Shuster in an [April interview](https://time.com/6171277/volodymyr-zelensky-interview-ukraine-war/) on his role in the war. “You’re a symbol. You need to act the way the head of state must act.” **Read More:** [_Inside Zelensky’s World_](https://time.com/6171277/volodymyr-zelensky-interview-ukraine-war/)  Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. Ronaldo Schemidt—AFP/Getty Images In second place was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with 3.5% of the vote. Just last December, Musk was named TIME’s [2021 Person of the Year](https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk/) for his influence on “life on Earth, and potentially life off Earth too,” as Editor-in-Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal [wrote](https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk-choice/). The wealthiest person in the world, Musk continued to make headlines this year when [Twitter accepted his $44 billion offer](https://time.com/6170696/elon-musk-politics-twitter/) to buy the social media platform. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson came in third with 3.4% of the vote. At the start of the year, [Johnson faced backlash](https://time.com/6143373/boris-johnson-party-controversy-resignation-calls/) and was [fined by the police](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/12/uk/boris-johnson-uk-pm-coronavirus-fine-intl-gbr/index.html) when news surfaced that he’d broken his own Conservative government’s pandemic lockdown rules when he attended [a birthday celebration](https://time.com/6139748/uk-boris-johnson-partygate/) in his Downing Street office back in June 2020\. The [first sitting British prime minister](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61137123) found to have broken the law, Johnson [apologized in April](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-boris-johnson-health-business-d07ac99a35f64537e509b27b4f9c40bf) but said he didn’t knowingly break the rules. Closely following Johnson, with 3.2% of the vote, were [health care workers](https://time.com/guardians-of-the-year-2020-anthony-fauci-frontline-health-workers/), who remain critical to the ongoing fight against COVID-19\. U.S. President [Joe Biden](https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2020-joe-biden-kamala-harris/) came in fifth with 3.1% of the vote. Over the past year, the Biden Administration has led the [U.S. response](https://time.com/6171813/biden-congress-billions-aid-ukraine/) to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, appointed [Ketanji Brown Jackson](https://time.com/6165169/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmed-supreme-court/) to the Supreme Court, and faced pressure as he [tried to push his agenda through a divided Congress](https://time.com/6140442/joe-biden-presidency-second-year/) amid the looming threats of [inflation and climate change](https://time.com/6144788/climate-change-inflation-link/). The upcoming [November midterm elections ](https://time.com/6152697/inflation-democrats-midterm-elections-2022/)will determine whether the Democratic party will maintain control of Congress, and ultimately decide the level of influence the remainder of Biden’s presidential term will hold. 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