Klaus Iohannis

Klaus Werner Iohannis (German: Johannis) (born 13 June 1959, Sibiu, Stalin region, Transylvania, Romania) is a Romanian politician, who, since December 2014, has been the President of Romania. Since 2000, he has served as the mayor of his native hometown, Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), the county seat of Sibiu County. He was re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012. In February of 2013, he joined the National Liberal Party (PNL) at the invitation of former PNL leader Crin Antonescu. He was immediately made vice-president of that party. On 28 June 2014 he was made president of PNL (after Crin Antonescu quit).

Iohannis is a Transylvanian Saxon by ethnicity.^[1] This is the eldest German minority group in Romania. Saxons settled in Transylvania (then part of the Kingdom of Hungary) in the 12th century.^[1] He is a physics teacher by profession.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nicholas Kulish (5 December 2009). "Grim Romanians Brighten Over a German Connection". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
↑ "Alegeri prezidentiale 2014: Klaus Iohannis - de la profesorul din Sibiu la "politrucul" care vrea la Cotroceni". Ziare.com. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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[NYT-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nicholas Kulish (5 December 2009). "Grim Romanians Brighten Over a German Connection". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[2] "Alegeri prezidentiale 2014: Klaus Iohannis - de la profesorul din Sibiu la "politrucul" care vrea la Cotroceni". Ziare.com. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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