President of Romania from 2014 to 2025
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A physics teacher from Romania's dwindling German minority who turned a Transylvanian town into a cultural capital, then rode that momentum to the presidency — only to watch his approval collapse below ten percent as Romania slid to the bottom of the EU's democracy rankings.
Klaus Werner Iohannis was born 13 June 1959 and taught physics at the Samuel von Brukenthal National College in Sibiu before winning a surprise mayoral election there in 2000 on behalf of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania, despite Transylvanian Saxons having dwindled to a tiny minority. He won re-election by landslides in 2004, 2008, and 2012, transforming Sibiu into a major tourist destination; the city became European Capital of Culture in 2007. After the Romanian Parliament proposed him twice for Prime Minister in 2009 — both times blocked by President Traian Băsescu — Iohannis joi…
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