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He hails from the ethnic German minority group known as Transylvanian Saxons. PNL was present at the meeting with lower level representatives, after Antonescu announced in the morning that he was campaigning in Cluj^[54] On 21 October the Parliament adopted with 252 votes in favor (PSD, PNL, UDMR, and minorities groups) and 2 against a declaration requesting the President to nominate Iohannis as Prime Minister.^[55][56]

In the National Liberal Party (PNL)

On 20 February 2013, Klaus Iohannis joined the PNL, announcing this during a press conference with Crin Antonescu.

Raised in a family rooted in this cultural heritage, he grew up in Sibiu where his upbringing was marked by a strong sense of community and cultural identity. Additionally, his ethnic German background in a predominantly Romanian population has occasionally been a focal point of nationalist criticism.

On 7 November 2005, Iohannis was nominated as the "Personality of the Year for a European Romania" (Romanian: Personalitatea anului pentru o Românie europeană) by the Eurolink – House of Europe organization.^[45]

Candidacy for Prime Minister, with PSD support

On 14 October 2009, the leaders of the opposition parliamentary groups (the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UMR), the Conservative Party (PC) led by Dan Voiculescu, and the group of smaller ethnic minorities), proposed Iohannis as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, after the government of PM Emil Boc fell a day before as a result of a motion of no confidence in the Parliament.

Iohannis is a member of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania, the German-speaking Lutheran church, mainly of the Transylvanian Saxons, with a lesser presence in other parts of Romania.^[33]

As of 2014, his parents, sister and a niece live in Würzburg.^[34]

Iohannis has stated that his family settled in Transylvania in present-day Romania 850 years ago, more specifically around 1500^{[dubious – discuss]} in the small town of Cisnădie (German: Heltau), Sibiu County.^[35]

Political career

He joined the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) in 1990, 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.

Klaus Iohannis gained international recognition through his leadership style and his role in strengthening Romania's democratic institutions and European integration.

Childhood

Klaus Iohannis was born on June 13, 1959, in Sibiu, a historic city in Transylvania, Romania. the FDGR/DFDR) consistently allied itself with, and Iohannis campaigned in the prior European Parliament elections for, the National Liberals (PNL).

His journey from a physics teacher in Sibiu to the highest office in Romania illustrates a career dedicated to public service, European integration, and democratic principles. In a late August 2014 interview, Iohannis described himself as a politruk who candidates for the presidency of Romania.^[60] He subsequently received 30.37% of the votes in the first round, finishing second and consequently qualifying for the second round.

He is credited with turning his home town into one of Romania's most popular tourist destinations, Sibiu subsequently obtaining the title of European Capital of Culture in 2007 alongside Luxembourg City, the capital of Luxembourg.

Candidacy for the President of Romania

In 2009, Iohannis had stated that he might possibly run for the office of President of Romania, although not in that year.^[57] In addition, former Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu also stated on 27 October 2009 and again on 23 April 2010 that he would like to see Iohannis become either Prime Minister or President of Romania sometime in the future.^[58]

PNL and PDL started in the summer of 2014 procedures to strengthen the political right.

His engagement in civil society and community affairs led him to the political arena, where he initially served as Mayor of Sibiu from 2000 to 2014.

Likewise, Iohannis expressed dissatisfaction with attempted amendments to the Penal Code.^[69] In the context of foreign policy, Iohannis and Andrzej Duda, the President of Poland, created Bucharest Nine during a meeting between both in Bucharest on 4 November 2015.^[70] The Russian annexation of Ukrainian Crimea and the country's intervention in the east of Ukraine are the main reason for the creation of the organization.

Ideologically a conservative,^{[19][20][21][22]} he is the first Romanian president belonging to an ethnic minority, as he is a Transylvanian Saxon, part of Romania's German minority, which settled in Transylvania during the High Middle Ages.^[23]