US EditionCentrist Rob Jetten could become Netherlands' youngest and first openly gay prime minister
- On Oct 29, Dutch centrist party leader Rob Jetten is poised to become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister after his party's strong performance in the election.
- With polished messaging and increased advertising spending, Rob Jetten revamped his image from climate minister to optimistic politician and shifted D66's focus to immigration and housing issues.
- To tackle housing shortages he proposed building ten new towns with a €2 billion annual contribution and easing red tape, according to Jetten.
- Recently, windows of D66's headquarters in The Hague were smashed during a violent, anti-migration protest, and images of Rob Jetten condemning extremism amid broken glass boosted his profile.
- Ms Kajsa Ollongren praised Jetten, saying 'Rob is without a doubt one of the most talented politicians the Netherlands has ever had' and he declared 'Together we can beat Wilders, I am ready'.
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After two years of political crisis, with an outgoing government led by Geert Wilders’ extreme right, Wednesday’s elections in the Netherlands have created the opportunity for a return to stability. That’s what Rob Jetten, 38, is looking for, the liberal left-wing politician who has revolutionized the country’s political map by turning his formation, D66 (Democrats 66), into the most voted one, according to the calculations of the national news …
The Netherlands is about to turn the page of the far right after the result of the general elections. It is Rob Jetten, 38, the boss of the centrist party D66 who is likely to become Prime Minister. Prodigy of politics, he will be the youngest elected in this post but also the first openly homosexual. - Sportive, intelligent... Who is Rob Jetten, soon younger Prime Minister in the history of the Netherlands? (International).
He is fed up with the "negative tue" in the country that Geert Wilders spreads - Rob Jetten has the best chance to become the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He wants to tackle above all social problems. By Ludger Kazmierczak.
Netherlands election: Rob Jetten could become youngest leader after close tie with Geert Wilders
Anti-Islam Geert Wilders' far-right Party For Freedom and the centrist D66 were tied with nearly all votes counted in the Dutch general election in an unprecedented neck-and-neck race to become the biggest party.
While Geert Wilders campaigned from the shadows, Rob Jetten emerged as the optimistic centrist leader. Now the 38-year-old frontman of D66 is the big winner of the election.
Rob Jetten: anti-Wilders, ‘yes we can’ candidate poised to be next Dutch PM
Rob Jetten, a former junior athlete, was pictured last month in a sports magazine running merrily past the Dutch prime ministerial office in The Hague. The 38-year-old could be forgiven on Thursday for wondering when he will get the keys. Such is the nature of Dutch politics that confirmation will…
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