Carmen Iohannis
Carmen Iohannis | |
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 Iohannis while in Brazil, April 2023 | |
| First Lady of Romania | |
| Assumed role 21 December 2014 | |
| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Preceded by | Maria Băsescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carmen Georgeta Lăzurcă 2 November 1960 Sibiu, Romanian People's Republic |
| Nationality | Romanian[1] |
| Spouse | |
| Residence(s) | Sibiu (private)[2] Bucharest (official)[3] |
| Occupation | English teacher at Gheorghe Lazăr National College, Sibiu |
Carmen Georgeta Iohannis (née Lăzurcă born 2 November 1960, latinized as Carmen Johannis) is an English teacher at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu and the wife of Klaus Iohannis, the current President of Romania, whom she married in 1989.[4][5][6] [7][8]
Carmen and Klaus met while they were both students at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Immediately after graduation, the two were assigned as teachers to Agnita and Sibiu. She was the reason Iohannis chose to stay in Romania when the rest of his family emigrated to Germany in the early 1990's. She is an ethnic Romanian, while her husband is an ethnic German of Transylvanian Saxon descent. The two of them do not have children.[9][10]
Life and image[edit]
She is the descendant of a Romanian Greek-Catholic family from Sântu, a village near Reghin, in the neighbouring Mureș County. During the prohibition of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church by the communist authorities, Carmen attended surreptitious services officiated by Archpriest Pompeiu Onofreiu at his home in Șelarilor Street, services which were also attended by Klaus Iohannis.[11][12]
In a ranking conducted by perfecte.ro, Carmen Iohannis figures among the most stylish wives of world leaders, alongside Queen Letizia of Spain, Kate Middleton, and Queen Rania of Jordan.[13]
Honours[edit]
Foreign honours[edit]
Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5 October 2018)
References[edit]
- ^ "EXCLUSIV Klaus Iohannis. Secretele neamţului care vrea să fie preşedintele României". adevarul.ro. 24 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.sibiul.ro/download-pdf/stiri-locale-sibiu/johannis-sase-case_28317.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Guvern: Iohannis a primit Vila Lac 2, dar se va muta în Vila Lac 3 după ce Băsescu va pleca". Mediafax.ro.
- ^ "Back to school for Romania's new First Lady". euronews. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "REPORTAJ Euronews despre Carmen Iohannis: Noua Primă Doamnă a României şi-a reluat activitatea la catedră în Sibiu - VIDEO". Mediafax.ro.
- ^ "Aplauze pentru Prima Doamnă. Carmen Iohannis primită de elevi cu "We are the champions"". digi24.ro. 17 November 2014.
- ^ "EVZ.ro -- Carmen Johannis, sfetnicul din umbră". Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Klaus Johannis spune că a votat pentru normalitate". REALITATEA.NET. 19 March 2015.
- ^ "De la doamna profesoară la Prima Doamnă. Cine este Carmen Iohannis". digi24.ro. 17 November 2014.
- ^ Klaus Iohannis. "eBook - Pas cu pas, Klaus Iohannis - Elefant.ro". elefant.ro. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Ioncea, Iulian. "Noua primă doamnă a României! Cine este Carmen Iohannis şi ce ştim despre ea?". eva.ro (in Romanian).
- ^ "Acasă la Sântu, la verişorii doamnei lui Klaus Iohannis". zi-de-zi.ro. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Top 10 cele mai frumoase sotii de lideri mondiali. Carmen Iohannis, printre cele mai hidoase Prime Doamne". perfecte.ro (in Romanian).
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