Astrid Fodor is a Romanian politician of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania

Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania

The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania is a centrist political party representing the German minority in Romania. It was founded at the end of 1989. Despite originally being a German minority party, the party is popular also with many ethnic Romanians, notably in parts of Transylvania...

. Since 2008, she has been one of two Deputy Mayors of Sibiu

Sibiu

Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...

, serving under Mayor Klaus Johannis

Klaus Johannis

Klaus Werner Iohannis is a Romanian politician of German origin. Since 2000 he has been the mayor of the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, representing the small centrist Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania. He has been re-elected by landslide votes in 2004 and 2008...

 from her own party and alongside Virgil Popa from the Liberal Party

National Liberal Party (Romania)

The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social...

. She is the first woman who has served in this capacity since 1989. Astrid Fodor is also deputy chair of her party. She is tipped to succeed Johannis as Mayor of Sibiu in the case of Johannis being appointed Prime Minister of Romania

Prime Minister of Romania

The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers , when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers...

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An economist, she has served as treasurer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania

The Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania is a German-speaking Lutheran church in Romania, mainly based in Transylvania. Its history goes back to the 12th century when the Transylvanian Saxons arrived in the region, then part of Kingdom of Hungary...

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She is a Transylvanian Saxon

Transylvanian Saxons

The Transylvanian Saxons are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania from the 12th century onwards.The colonization of Transylvania by Germans was begun by King Géza II of Hungary . For decades, the main task of the German settlers was to defend the southeastern border of the...

 by ethnicity, and as such a member of Romania's German minority

Germans of Romania

The Germans of Romania or Rumäniendeutsche were 760,000 strong in 1930. They are not a single group; thus, to understand their language, culture, and history, one must view them as independent groups:...

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