Klaus Iohannis
Klaus Werner Iohannis (German: Johannis) (born 13 June 1959, Sibiu, Romania) is a Romanian politician, since December 2014 he is the President of Romania. Since 2000 he has served as mayor of Sibiu. He was re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012. In February of 2013 he joined the PNL. He was immediately made vice-president 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 one of the oldest 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]
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Iohannis as Mayor of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt) in May 2006
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Klaus Iohannis before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on 9 June 2017
Iohannis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in March 2018
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Pas cu pas (English: Step by step), Romanian-language cover (2014)
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Primul pas (English: First step), Romanian-language cover (2015)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicholas Kulish (5 December 2009). Grim Romanians Brighten Over a German Connection. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/europe/06romania.html?_r=2&. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ Alegeri prezidentiale 2014: Klaus Iohannis - de la profesorul din Sibiu la "politrucul" care vrea la Cotroceni. 1 November 2013. http://www.ziare.com/klaus-johannis/candidat-alegeri-prezidentiale-2014/alegeri-prezidentiale-2014-klaus-iohannis-de-la-profesorul-din-sibiu-la-politrucul-care-vrea-la-cotroceni-1325269. Retrieved 2 November 2014.