Carmen Iohannis
| Carmen Iohannis | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Romania | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Maria Băsescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carmen Georgeta Lăzurcă November 2, 1960 |
| Nationality | Romanian[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Klaus Iohannis (m. 1989) |
| Children | None |
| Residence | 29 Bâlea Street, Sibiu (private)[2] Vila Lac 3, Bucharest (official)[3] |
| Occupation | English teacher at Gheorghe Lazăr National College, Sibiu |
| Religion | Greek Catholicism |
Carmen Iohannis (also spelled Carmen Johannis; née Carmen Georgeta Lăzurcă) (born 2 November 1960) is the wife of President of Romania Klaus Iohannis.[4][5][6] She is an English teacher at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu and married Klaus Iohannis in 1989.[7][8] They have no children. Carmen met her husband when they were both students in Cluj-Napoca. Immediately after graduation, the two were assigned as teachers to Agnita and Sibiu.[9] She was the reason Iohannis chose to stay in Romania when the rest of his family emigrated to Germany in the early 1990s. She is an ethnic Romanian, while her husband is a Transylvanian Saxon.[10]
Carmen Iohannis is the descendant of a Romanian Catholic family from Sântu, a village near Reghin, Mureș County.[11] Carmen is a declared sympathizer of Romanian Royal Family and President Barack Obama's wife, Michelle.[12] She is a great amateur of ballet and loves the French cuisine and practices gym at home with a personal trainer. She also plays the piano.[13][14]
References
- ↑ "EXCLUSIV Klaus Iohannis. Secretele neamţului care vrea să fie preşedintele României". adevarul.ro.
- ↑ http://www.sibiul.ro/download-pdf/stiri-locale-sibiu/johannis-sase-case_28317.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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/871880/Carmen-Johannis-sfetnicul-din-umbra/
- ↑ "Klaus Johannis spune că a votat pentru normalitate". REALITATEA.NET. 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Klaus Iohannis. "eBook - Pas cu pas, Klaus Iohannis - Elefant.ro". elefant.ro.
- ↑ "De la doamna profesoară la Prima Doamnă. Cine este Carmen Iohannis". digi24.ro.
- ↑ "Acasă la Sântu, la verişorii doamnei lui Klaus Iohannis". zi-de-zi.ro.
- ↑ "Cine este Carmen Iohannis, soţia preşedintelui ales al României, o admiratoare a familiei regale şi a lui Michelle Obama. GALERIE FOTO". Gandul.info.
- ↑ "Cine este Carmen Iohannis. Tot ce nu stiati despre sotia candidatului ACL". Stiri pe surse.
- ↑ "Cum arată noua prima doamnă a ţării, soţia lui Klaus Iohannis". Unica.ro.