- President of Romania, Independent politician
| Real name: | Klaus Werner Iohannis |
Klaus Iohannis Height
| | How tall is Klaus Iohannis? | 192 cm / 6 ft 4 in | | Weight | 90 kg / 198 lbs Comment
| | Born: | 13 June 1959 Comment | | How old is Klaus Iohannis in 2024? / Age: | 64 years
| | Where was Klaus Iohannis born? | Sibiu, Romania | | Residence: | Bucharest, Romania | | Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
Klaus Iohannis Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Klaus Iohannis worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | Romanian | | Hair color: | Blonde | | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who is Klaus Iohannis? / Facts
- The current President of Romania - as of Feb 2017
- He became leader of the National Liberal Party in 2014, after having served as leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania from 2002 to 2013
- Iohannis was a physics teacher and a school inspector before entering full-time politics
- Iohannis was first elected mayor of the city of Sibiu in 2000, representing the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
- Although the German population of the once predominantly German-speaking city of Sibiu has declined to a tiny minority, Iohannis won a surprise victory and was re-elected by landslides in 2004, 2008 and 2012
- Iohannis is credited with turning his city into one of Romania's most popular tourist destinations, and the city was declared the European Capital of Culture in 2007
- In February 2013, Iohannis became a member of the National Liberal Party, accepting an invitation from Liberal leader Crin Antonescu, and was immediately elected the party's First Vice President, becoming the party's President the following year
- In October 2009, four of the five political groups in the Parliament, excluding the Democrat Liberal Party of then-President Traian Băsescu, proposed him as a candidate for the office of Prime Minister of Romania; however, Băsescu refused to nominate him despite the Parliament's adoption of a declaration supporting his candidacy
- He was again the candidate for Prime Minister of the National Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party in the elections in the same year
- Iohannis is the first Romanian president to come from an ethnic minority
- He is a Transylvanian Saxon, part of Romania's German minority which settled in Transylvania in the 12th century
- Thus, he is the fourth president of German origin from Eastern Europe in the post-communist period, after Rudolf Schuster (Slovakia) and Ferenc Mádl and Pál Schmitt (Hungary)
- He is also the first president since the Romanian Revolution with no past ties to Communism
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