Netherlands has appointed its first openly gay and youngest prime minister, Rob Jetten, who is the leader of the Democrats 66 (D66). He won the elections of last year, dethroning the far-right Freedom Party (PVV).
Jetten was formally sworn in by King Willem-Alexander at the Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. Posting a selfie ahead of his swearing-in ceremony, Jetten wrote on X: "Proud to be doing this together. In a new phase, with great responsibility and, above all, a shared promise to work for everyone in the Netherlands".
Jetten served as a cabinet minister under Mark Rutte, the Netherlands' longtime prime minister and now NATO secretary-general. Now, with his minority coalition of parties is set to be put to the test in an already fractured political landscape.
He is engaged to be married to his partner Nicolás Keenan, an Argentine two-time Olympian and field hockey star.
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