Jetten sworn in as youngest ever Dutch PM
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The Hague: A new Dutch government took power on Monday, with 38 year old centrist Rob Jetten sworn in as the country s youngest ever prime minister an...
The Hague: A new Dutch government took power on Monday, with 38-year-old centrist Rob Jetten sworn in as the country's youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay one.
"Sworn in. We're going to get started. Let's get to work," Jetten posted on X, formerly Twitter, with a picture of his cabinet posing with King Willem-Alexander on the steps of the royal palace.
Jetten pulled off a stunning election win in October, coming from behind to dethrone the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by firebrand politician Geert Wilders by a razor-thin margin.
The snap election was called after the PVV withdrew from the previous coalition, the Netherlands' most right-wing government in recent history, which lasted just 11 months.
Jetten's D66 has teamed up with the centre-right CDA party and the liberal VVD to form a coalition, but will fall nine seats short of a parliamentary majority with only 66 seats.
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