Bucharest:
Romania's Parliament swore in a former Mayor as the country's new President in an election he called a triumph for democracy 25 years after communism ended.
Pro-Western Klaus Iohannis, 55, promises a different style from combative outgoing leader Traian Basescu who leaves office today having served a maximum 10 years.
Iohannis also vowed to fight corruption and build "a powerful nation," as he took an oath today before Parliament.
He surprisingly defeated Prime Minister Victor Ponta in the November 16 runoff, tapping into anger from thousands of overseas voters who were unable to vote in the first round.
Atypical for Romanian politics, the slow-speaking ethnic German mayor of Sibiu refuses to participate in bitter personal attacks.
He promises good relations with the US, the European Union and particularly Germany.
Pro-Western Klaus Iohannis, 55, promises a different style from combative outgoing leader Traian Basescu who leaves office today having served a maximum 10 years.
Iohannis also vowed to fight corruption and build "a powerful nation," as he took an oath today before Parliament.
He surprisingly defeated Prime Minister Victor Ponta in the November 16 runoff, tapping into anger from thousands of overseas voters who were unable to vote in the first round.
Atypical for Romanian politics, the slow-speaking ethnic German mayor of Sibiu refuses to participate in bitter personal attacks.
He promises good relations with the US, the European Union and particularly Germany.
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