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.
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.
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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