Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania

The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania ( DFDR, Romanian: Forumul Democrat al din România Germanilor ( FDGR ) ) is the political representation of Germans in Romania. It was founded in late 1989 in Romania. Already in the period 1919-1940 was with the German party political representation of Germans in Romania.

Representation in parliament

All 18 state-recognized ethnic minority in Romania is the Romanian minority- friendly electoral legislation, regardless of the election result of their political representatives each have a deputy in the 341 -member Chamber of Deputies to. Only the political representative of the Hungarian minority in the elections achieved sufficiently high voting shares by more than this to be able to send a minimum deputies. The 17 other minority representatives have to be satisfied on the basis of the election results with a minimum deputies. This also applies to the representatives of the German minority, because it was extremely weakened numerically by the mass emigration of the 1990s and so only has a small voter base. In the census beginning of 2012, only 36 884 Romanian nationals known to the German minority. Member of the DFDR since 2008 Ovidiu Ganţ, a Banat Swabian.

Municipal mandates and mayors

Since 2000, the DFDR won on local political level considerably in relevance. In Sibiu, the grouping since 2000 the mayor and received in 2004, 60.43 % of the votes for the city council. In Sibiu County Council (responsible for around 450,000 inhabitants) presented the DFDR from 2004 to 2008 with 11 of the 33 seats the largest party. The number of voters is far higher than the German population in the city and in the county.

Mayor

More DFDR mayor officiated over the electoral period 2004-2008 in the cities Medias Heltau and in some villages of the district of Satu Mare.

After the 2008 election the DFDR holds the mayors in Sibiu, Heltau, Freck, in seven municipalities in the county of Satu Mare and in a community in the Karasch -Severin county. Also, the county council president Martin Bottesch was confirmed in office. Klaus Johannis was re-elected for the second time. Councilors or aldermen of the DFDR in Southern Transylvania, there are also in candle, present, Reps, inside square brackets, and floor Großlasseln village. In Sibiu county the most important political posts (District Presidency, mayors of the largest cities ) of members of the DFDR are provided.

Elected in 2000

• Sibiu ( city)

Elected in 2004

• Sibiu county (district )
• Sibiu ( city)
• Medias (city)
• Heltau (city)
• Fienen (municipality )
• Petri box (municipality )
• Schamagosch (municipality )
• Terem (municipality )
• Weidenthal (municipality )

Elected in 2008

• Sibiu county (district )
• Sibiu ( city)
• Freck (city)
• Heltau (city)
• Bildegg (municipality )
• Fienen (municipality )
• Petri box (municipality )
• Schamagosch (municipality )
• Schinal (municipality )
• Terem (municipality )
• Weidenthal (municipality )

Elected in 2012

In the local elections of 10 June 2012, the Forum was able to win nine mayors chair. Klaus Johannis was elected with 77.9 % of the vote in Sibiu in a fourth term, his party received 55.15 %, was able to win a city council seat, and is now 15 of 23 city councils again an absolute majority. In Freck / Avrig Arnold Klingeis was confirmed as mayor and elected to a second term. Johann Krech ran after three terms of office (2000-2012) is no longer in Heltau / Cisnadie, there was Gheorghe Huja of the Social-Liberal Union ( USL ) new mayor. The Forum is thus in Sibiu County a mayor less. Karl -Heinz Pelger, the chances were also granted, subject to Hetzelsdorf / Aţel by 36 votes difference his rival candidates Sergiu Moldovan ( USL ).

At county level, Martin Bottesch received 55 514 votes, which came mainly from the urban constituencies, while Ioan Cindrea ( USL ) was able to score in the rural area and with 70 479 votes was first. Cornel Ştirbeţ of the PDL was third with 33,633 votes. For the Sibiu County Council ( consiliu Judetean ), the Forum has achieved nine mandates and thus became the second largest party, according to the USL with 13 PDL received seven seats and the People's Party Dan Diaconescu (PP- DD) three. The right-wing nationalist party " Totul pentru Tara " was able to win with only 309 no mandate, as well as the Roma Party " Alianta Civica a Romilor " with only 499 votes.

Outside the circle Sibiu scored the forum especially in Sathmar country good results, where seven forum candidates were elected as mayors: Mihai Löchli in Schamagosch / Ciumesti, Imre Sütö in Kalmandi / Camin, Gheorghe -Otto Marchi in Petri box / Petreşti, Gabor Fezer in Terem / Tiream, Ioan Zoltan Kardosi in Stanyslaviv / Sanislău, Iosif Mellau Schinal / Urziceni and Gheorghe Nicolae Gyákon in Turterebesch / Turulung. In Kronstadt / Brasov, the Forum was the first move since its establishment in the city council and two city councils appoint, Cristian Machedonschi and Werner Braun. Machedonschi was also a candidate for the office of mayor, however, was only third. First was George Scripcaru of the PDL. In two communities of Burzenlandes and in a community of Repser Ländchen also stood as a candidate forum members, but were unable to reach majority, in Heldsdorf / Halchiu and Zeiden / Coldea and damage Rosh / Soars. The result in the Banat fell out weak, only Helen Wolf was elected in Timişoara / Timişoara in the City Council, as well as Adam Csonti in the council of Billed. The Zipser from the Forum in Oberwischau / Viseu de Sus have not laid down any candidate.

In the following municipalities, the forum the Mayor:

• Sibiu ( city)
• Freck (city)
• Schamagosch / Ciumesti
• Kalmandi / Camin
• Petri box / Petreşti
• Terem / Tiream
• Stanislav / Sanislău
• Schinal / Urziceni
• Turterebesch / Turulung

DFDR politicians

• Martin Bottesch (Vice - Chairman of the County Council Sibiu County )
• Ovidiu Ganţ (Members of the Romanian and European Parliament)
• Klaus Johannis ( Mayor of Sibiu)
• Paul Philippi ( theologian and DFDR Honorary Chairman)
• Daniel Thellmann ( former mayor for the DFDR in Medias, 2009 deceased)
• Johann Krech ( Mayor of Heltau )
• Wolfgang Wittstock ( journalist and former deputy DFDR )