Klaus Iohannis
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Klaus Werner Iohannis, sometimes referred to by his initials KWI in the Romanian press, is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former physics teacher who has served as president of Romania since 2014. He became the president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2014, after previously serving as the leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) between 2002 and 2013. Prior to entering national politics, he was a physics teacher at the Samuel von Brukenthal National College in his native Sibiu.
Iohannis as Mayor of Sibiu in May 2006
From the left to the right: Mircea Geoană, Klaus Iohannis and Crin Antonescu
Klaus Iohannis and his PSD opponent (and former USL ally) Victor Ponta at a TV debate on Realitatea TV, 11 November 2014
Germans of Romania
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The Germans of Romania represent one of the most significant historical ethnic minorities of Romania since the late modern period onwards.
Evangelical Lutheran medieval fortified church in Axente Sever (German: Frauendorf) in Sibiu County (German: Kreis Hermannstadt)
Nemșa (German: Nimesch), a traditional Transylvanian Saxon village pertaining to the larger commune of Moșna (German: Meschen)
Biertan (German: Birthälm), one of the most important and imposing Evangelical Lutheran fortified churches in Transylvania
Râșnov (German: Rosenau), a noteworthy example of a well fortified Transylvanian Saxon town