Rob Jetten

Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (nl; born 25 March 1987) is a Dutch politician. He has been the Leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) party since August 2023. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since December 2023. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from January 2024 to July 2024 and Minister for Climate and Energy Policy from 2022 to 2024.^[1]

Rob Jetten
Jetten in 2022
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 8 January 2024 – 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Sigrid Kaag
Succeeded by	Fleur Agema
Ministerial positions Minister for Climate and Energy Policy In office 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Sophie Hermans (as Minister of Climate and Green Growth) Acting Minister of Finance In office 8 January 2024 – 12 January 2024 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Sigrid Kaag Succeeded by Steven van Weyenberg
Leader of the Democrats 66
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Sigrid Kaag
Leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2023
Preceded by	Jan Paternotte
In office 9 October 2018 – 28 September 2021
Preceded by	Alexander Pechtold
Succeeded by	Sigrid Kaag
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2023
In office 23 March 2017 – 10 January 2022
Member of the Nijmegen Municipal Council
In office 11 March 2010 – 29 March 2017
President of the Young Democrats
In office October 2008 – October 2009
Preceded by	Floris Kreiken
Succeeded by	Thomas Bakker
Personal details
Born	Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (1987-03-25) 25 March 1987 (age 38) Uden, Netherlands
Political party	Democrats 66
Domestic partner	Nicolás Keenan (2022–present; engaged)
Alma mater	Radboud University (BA, MA)
Occupation	Management official • Consultant • Politician
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Early life

Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten was born on 25 March 1987 in Veghel, North Brabant, Netherlands, and grew up in Uden. He studied at Udens College between 1999 and 2005. He then studied at Radboud University between 2005 and 2011. He earned a BA and an MA, both in Public Administration.^[2][3]

Leader of Democrats 66

On 14 July 2023, Jetten announced his candidacy to become the next Leader of the D66.^[4] He replaced Sigrid Kaag after she announced that she would not lead D66 into the 2023 general election.^[5]

Jetten returned to the House of Representatives as parliamentary leader after the election.^[6] Following Kaag's resignation on 8 January 2024 to fill a role at the United Nations, Jetten took over her role as Deputy Prime Minister. He was acting Minister of Finance for four days.^[7][8][9]

During the 2025 general election, Jetten led the D66 to its best result in the party's history, tying with the Party for Freedom for the most seats in the House of Representatives.^[10][11]

Personal life

Jetten is openly gay. He is engaged to Argentine field hockey player Nicolás Keenan.^[12][13]