Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten said he was "very confident" of being able to put together a government after his party's strong showing in parliamentary elections that saw Geert Wilders' far-right and anti-Islam Freedom Party lose ground.
He is now poised to be the youngest and first openly gay prime minister in the Netherlands' history.
Rob Jetten's achievement in dragging his socially liberal D66 party from fifth place to the top of Dutch politics in less than two years has been extraordinary.
The election delivered a "very strong message form Dutch voters that they want positive political powers in the center to work together and deliver for all the people in the Netherlands," he said.
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Rob Jetten and his husband Nicolas Santiago Keenan
