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Klaus Werner Iohannis is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering national politics, Iohannis was a physics teacher at the Samuel von Brukenthal National College in his native Sibiu where he eventually served as mayor from 2000 to 2014 before ascending to the presidency.
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s constitution says a presidential term is five years, but also that the president should remain in office until their successor takes over. But opposition lawmakers argued his extended term was illegal as the constitution requires that a presidency can only be extended in the event of war or
is something that only Bucharest can offer and only Chișinău can accept
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“s constitution says a presidential term is five years, but also that the president should remain in office until their successor takes over. But opposition lawmakers argued his extended term was illegal as the constitution requires that a presidency can only be extended in the event of war or”
“is something that only Bucharest can offer and only Chișinău can accept”
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dw: Romania at the end of Klaus Iohannis' two-term presidency
SPIEGEL: Rumänien: Staatspräsident Klaus Iohannis erklärt Rücktritt
Süddeutsche Zeitung: Klaus Iohannis: Rumäniens Präsident tritt Wahl-Chaos zurück
Daily Post Nigeria: Romanian President Klaus Iohannis resigns ahead of election re-run
clickondetroit.com: Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces resignation after pressure by populists
“not create a divided Romania”
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Awarded German citizenship award (2023).
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Awarded Franz Werfel Human Rights Award (2023).
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The Economist Democracy Index ranked Romania last in the European Union (EU) in terms of democracy, even behind Viktor Orbán's Hungary
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– Franz Werfel Award for Human Rights, granted by the Centre against Expulsions in Bonn, the Federal Republic of Germany
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Awarded Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Palestine (2022).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2021).
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“National intervention of the President of Romania, Mr. Klaus Iohannis, at the high-level segment of the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation”
Awarded Charlemagne Prize (2020).
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Awarded Emperor Otto Prize (2020).
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Career landmark: president of Romania (2019–2025).
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Awarded Franz Josef Strauss Award (2018).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Andrej Kiska (2016).
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Awarded Order of Stara Planina (2016).
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Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2014).
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After previously serving as the leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) between 2002 and 2013
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Career landmark: president of Romania (2014–2019).
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Career landmark: chairperson (2014–2014).
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Career landmark: mayor of Sibiu (2012–2014).
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the Crown (2009).
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Iohannis had stated that he might possibly run for the office of President of Romania, although not in that year
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Career landmark: mayor of Sibiu (2008–2012).
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“Absolutely no one among our partners will understand why Romania is dismissing its president after, in fact, it has already started the procedure for electing a new president. Romania is a key Nato member on the bloc”
Awarded Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2006).
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Career landmark: mayor of Sibiu (2004–2008).
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Career landmark: chairperson (2002–2013).
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Was elected President of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR), succeeding former president Eberhard Wolfgang Wittstock
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Career landmark: mayor of Sibiu (2000–2004).
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On behalf of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR)
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The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania in Sibiu (FDGS), the local chapter of the Democratic Forum of Germans (FDGR/DFDR), decided to back him as a candidate for mayor
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Was the General School Inspector, head of public schools in the county
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Acquiring citizenship there under the right of return granted by the German nationality law, as most other Transylvanian Saxons after the fall of the Iron Curtain
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Within months of the fall of the Iron Curtain
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And served as a member of its board of education in Transylvania from 1997, and a member of the local party board in Sibiu from 1998
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Married ethnic Romanian Carmen Lăzurcă, an English teacher at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu
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Iohannis worked as a high school physics teacher at various schools and colleges in his native Sibiu, including, from 1989 to 1997, at the Samuel von Brukenthal National College, the oldest German-speaking school in Roma
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Studied at Babeș-Bolyai University, bachelor's degree (1979–1983).
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Born 1959-06-13.
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In Timișoara), the former who had also served in Sibiu from 1906/07 to 1918 (the first was Otto Helmut Mayerhoffer, who served as elected mayor of the town of Roman in Neamț County, between 1992 and 1996)
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