Romania presidential elections 2019: Who is Klaus Iohannis, the president who hopes to win another term?

Romanians will go to the polls once again on Sunday, November 24, to vote their president for the next five years. Incumbent president Klaus Iohannis is the clear favorite against Social Democrat leader and former prime minister Viorica Dancila in the second round of the presidential elections.

A former physics teacher, Klaus Iohannis started his political career in 1990 and, 24 years later, in 2014, he was elected president of Romania. He now wants to remain in this position for another five years and starts as a favorite against former prime minister Viorica Dancila, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). In the first round of the presidential elections, Iohannis got 37.82% of votes while Dancila had a score of 22.26%. Moreover, USR leader Dan Barna, who was third with over 14% of the votes, endorsed Iohannis for the second round.