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Netherlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten (right) and his partner Nicholas Keenan. This is a picture of a sonography scan of the baby being held in the partner’s hand.
Netherlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten will become a father in 2027. He announced this on social media on Monday. Jeten’s partner Nicolas Keenan is an Argentinian hockey player.
Expressing their happiness, Jeten and his partner Keenan wrote,
A very special guest is about to come into our lives. Little ones, see you in 2027.
According to Dutch media, surrogacy help has been taken for the birth of the child. His two female friends helped him in the process. One donated her eggs, while the other would give birth to a child.
Jetten would be the first Dutch Prime Minister since World War II to have a child during his tenure.
Rob Jetten (right) and Nicholas Keenan (left) have announced the arrival of their first child via surrogacy. It is being claimed that the woman seen in the middle is Lisa who will give birth to a child.
Story started from TikTok video, met in supermarket
In 2021, a bromance trading video between Jetten and a fellow Dutch politician went viral on TikTok. In this, both the leaders were seen having fun, laughing and dancing with each other.
Rob Jetton became famous among the youth after the video went viral. In the year 2022, Keenan saw Jeten in a supermarket and recognized him because of the viral video. During this time the conversation between the two started.
Keenan later told in an interview that Jeten had started the conversation by sending him a message on Instagram. Initially their relationship remained private but in August 2023, both of them made their relationship public.
The couple announced their engagement in November 2024. The marriage of both was to take place in June 2026, but after Jeten became the Prime Minister, they have postponed it for some time.
Jeten had posted this photo on social media in November 2024 and wrote – Soon going to become Mr. and Mr. In this, Keenan has an engagement ring on her hand.
Netherlands first country to recognize gay marriage
The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage in 2001. Jeten is the country’s first openly gay Prime Minister.
However, he is not the world’s first gay Prime Minister. Even before him, openly gay leaders have been heads of government in other countries.
Jeten became Prime Minister at the age of just 39
- Rob Jetten was born on 25 March 1987 in the city of Veghel, Netherlands. His childhood was spent in the nearby city of Uden.
- Jeten entered politics in 2017 as an MP for the Democrats-66 party. Later he also became the Minister of Climate and Energy Policy.
- Jeten’s party won the elections held last year. After this, he took over as Prime Minister on 23 February.
- At the age of 39, he became the youngest leader in the history of the Netherlands to hold this position.
8 gay prime ministers of the world
1. Johanna Sigurdardottir – Iceland (2009–2013): She became the world’s first openly gay head of government. She was a lesbian. They were married in 1970. They also had 2 children.
In 1985, she came close to a female journalist. After 2 years they got divorced. The two got married in June 2010, when gay marriage was legalized.
Johanna Sigurdardottir (left) and her partner Jonina Leosdottir.
2. Elio Di Rupo – Belgium (2011–2014): He became the first openly gay Prime Minister not only of Belgium but of the world. In 1996, when he was Deputy Prime Minister, he was accused of having a relationship with a 16-year-old child. Then his identity was revealed for the first time.
3. Xavier Bettel – Luxembourg (2013–2023): Bettel first revealed in 2008 that he was gay. In 2015, one and a half years after becoming PM, she married her male partner Gauthier Destagne. He became the first gay Prime Minister to marry while in office.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (left) and his husband Gauthier Destagne.
4. Leo Varadkar – Ireland (2017–2024): A referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage was to be held in Ireland in May 2015. Leo Varadkar of Indian origin was then the Health Minister. He made his gay identity public for the first time to support this referendum.
Leo Varadkar (left) and his partner Matthew Barrett.
5. Ana Brnabić – Serbia (2017–2024): She was the first female Prime Minister of Serbia. They are lesbians. In February 2019, his partner gave birth to a son. In such a situation, she became the first homosexual Prime Minister, whose female partner gave birth to a child during his tenure.
Ana Brnabić (on the left) and her partner Milica Đurdić.
6.Javier Espot – Andorra (since 2019): He is the Prime Minister of Andorra and is openly gay. In 2023, four years after becoming Prime Minister, he made his gay identity public.
7. Gabriel Attal – France (2024): He became the first openly gay Prime Minister of France. In 2018, when he was an MP of Macron’s party, for the first time one of his childhood friends revealed that he was in a relationship with a leader Stéphane Séjourné. The friend alleged that Attal’s political career advanced because of Sejourne.
8. Rob Jetten- Netherlands (from 2026): He is the first openly gay Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He assumed office in February 2026. After falling in love with a boy for the first time at the age of 17, she revealed her identity to her family and friends.
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