Carmen Iohannis
Iohannis while in Brazil, April 2023
First Lady of Romania
Assumed role
21 December 2014
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Preceded byMaria Băsescu
Personal details
Born
Carmen Georgeta Lăzurcă

(1960-11-02) 2 November 1960
Sibiu, Romanian People's Republic
NationalityRomanian[1]
Spouse
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(m. 1989)​
Residence(s)Sibiu (private)[2]
Bucharest (official)[3]
OccupationEnglish teacher at Gheorghe Lazăr National College, Sibiu

Carmen Georgeta Iohannis (née Lăzurcă born 2 November 1960 Latinized as Carmen Johannis) is the wife of Klaus Iohannis, the current President of Romania.[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 at the Babeș-Bolyai University. 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 an ethnic German of Transylvanian Saxon descent.[10]

Early life

Carmen Iohannis is the descendant of a Romanian Greek-Catholic family from Sântu, a village near Reghin, Mureș County.[11] 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.[12]

Public image

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

Foreign honours

References

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  1. ↑ "EXCLUSIV Klaus Iohannis. Secretele neamţului care vrea să fie preşedintele României". adevarul.ro. 24 September 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.sibiul.ro/download-pdf/stiri-locale-sibiu/johannis-sase-case_28317.pdf
  3. ↑ "Guvern: Iohannis a primit Vila Lac 2, dar se va muta în Vila Lac 3 după ce Băsescu va pleca". Mediafax.ro.
  4. ↑ "Back to school for Romania's new First Lady". euronews. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "REPORTAJ Euronews despre Carmen Iohannis: Noua Primă Doamnă a României şi-a reluat activitatea la catedră în Sibiu - VIDEO". Mediafax.ro.
  6. ↑ "Aplauze pentru Prima Doamnă. Carmen Iohannis primită de elevi cu "We are the champions"". digi24.ro. 17 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "EVZ.ro -- Carmen Johannis, sfetnicul din umbră". Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Klaus Johannis spune că a votat pentru normalitate". REALITATEA.NET. 19 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Klaus Iohannis. "eBook - Pas cu pas, Klaus Iohannis - Elefant.ro". elefant.ro. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "De la doamna profesoară la Prima Doamnă. Cine este Carmen Iohannis". digi24.ro. 17 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Acasă la Sântu, la verişorii doamnei lui Klaus Iohannis". zi-de-zi.ro. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Ioncea, Iulian. "Noua primă doamnă a României! Cine este Carmen Iohannis şi ce ştim despre ea?". eva.ro (in Romanian).
  13. ↑ "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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