Romania's liberal party leader Ilie Bolojan, part of the ruling coalition, took office as interim president Wednesday after the pro-European incumbent Klaus Iohannis, threatened with impeachment, resigned earlier in the week.

Romania's outgoing centrist president Klaus Iohannis resigned on Monday to pre-empt an impeachment bid by opposition parties in parliament, with voters highly polarized and the far-right graining ground ahead of a repeat presidential election in May.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has resigned after parliament initiated impeachment proceedings against him. He said on Monday that he wanted to spare his country a political crisis, because under Romania's constitution an impeachment must be followed by a recall referendum.

Romania's outgoing president Klaus Iohannis says he had resigned to "spare Romania a new political crisis". Read more at straitstimes.com.

Romania’s outgoing centrist President Klaus Iohannis has resigned amid a concerted push by far-right parliamentary parties to have him impeached in the wake of a contentious election. Iohannis announced his decision on Monday,

One Romanian political analyst says President Klaus Iohannis' decision to resign means "the populists can say they won."

His exit comes as political opponents had sought to remove him over remaining in office beyond the end of his term.