ROMANIA, Bucharest : The guard awaits for the official inauguration ceremony for Basescu's successor at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest December 21, 2014. Basescu's successor, Klaus Iohannis, is the first Romanian president to come from the country's German minority.

Klaus Iohannis, candidate for presidency of Romania from the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) takes part in an electoral meeting in Ploiesti on October, 2014. The leader of the rightwing opposition Klaus Iohannis, member of the German minority, gave Saturday kick off his campaign for the presidential election of November 2, promising "more action and less talk "in front of about 10,000 supporters in central Bucharest. Iohannis, 55, is the presidential candidate of the ACL composed of the two main opposition parties, the liberal (PNL) and the liberal-democrats (PDL). According to several surveys, it is best placed to reach the second round of this scrutiny (on November 16), when he would face the Social Democratic Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Klaus Iohannis, candidate for presidency of Romania from the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) takes part in an electoral meeting in Ploiesti on October, 2014. The leader of the rightwing opposition Klaus Iohannis, member of the German minority, gave Saturday kick off his campaign for the presidential election of November 2, promising "more action and less talk "in front of about 10,000 supporters in central Bucharest. Iohannis, 55, is the presidential candidate of the ACL composed of the two main opposition parties, the liberal (PNL) and the liberal-democrats (PDL). According to several surveys, it is best placed to reach the second round of this scrutiny (on November 16), when he would face the Social Democratic Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis waves after exit polls were published, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. An exit poll by the IRES independent think tank shows incumbent Klaus Iohannis easily winning a second term in the country’s presidential election.