Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday following mounting pressure from populist opposition groups, two months after a top court annulled a presidential election in the European Union country.

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis has resigned following pressure for him to step down ahead of a re-run of a presidential election that was controversially cancelled last year. The December vote was voided by Romania's top court after allegations of Russian state meddling.

Romania's outgoing centrist President Klaus Iohannis resigned from his post on Monday ahead of a plan by opposition hard-right parliamentary parties to have him impeached.

Klaus Iohannis is leaving Cotroceni Palace. He announced yesterday that he is resigning from the position of president of the country and that the resignation will take effect tomorrow, February 12.

Klaus Iohannis is the first president in the past 35 years to leave office through resignation. He will go down in history as one of Romania’s weakest

Romanian President Iohannis resigned a day before facing impeachment over the annulment of the country’s presidential election last year.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced he will step down, effective Wednesday, to avoid the theatrics of an impeachment process launched by Bucharest’s parliament.

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday, February 10, arguing that he aims to spare the country from the process of an ongoing unnecessary motion to remove him. Iohannis remained president despite the conclusion of his mandate due to the cancelled

Romania's outgoing president, Klaus Iohannis, resigned to preempt an impeachment move by opposition parties. His decision comes amid political upheaval, with the rise of far-right influence. The resignation temporarily halts the political crisis while the country prepares for a repeat presidential election in May.