Biography

Charlemagne Prize Laureate 2020/21 Klaus Iohannis

Biography

  • Klaus Iohannis was born on June 13, 1959 in Sibiu/Hermannstadt; he is a member of the Romanian-German ethnic group of Transylvanian Saxons.
  • After completing his studies in Physics at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca in 1983, he worked as a high school physics teacher in Sibiu/Hermannstadt.
  • 1997 Deputy General School Inspector of Sibiu County
  • 1999 General School Inspector.
  • 2000-2014 Mayor of Sibiu Hermannstadt.
  • Since 2014 President of Romania.