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Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his partner, Argentine field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, are expecting their first child, the couple announced on Monday.
“Someone very special is on the way. See you in 2027, little one,” they wrote in a post on Instagram.
“There are no words big enough to thank our eggdonor, our surrogate mum Lisa and both their families. None of this would be possible without you,” they added.
Jetten’s party, D66, has also released a statement, saying the pregnancy was made possible thanks to a couple they are friends with who already have children of their own.
“The surrogate mother is Dutch, as is the egg donor,” the statement continued. “This is not a case of commercial surrogacy. The surrogate mother and the egg donor are acquaintances of Jetten and Keenan. They are delighted to be able to help fulfil the two fathers-to-be’s dream of having a child in this way.”
Jetten and Keenan announced their engagement in November 2024.
“Being a surrogate mother feels like a very special way to help make our dear friends’ dream come true,” Lisa, the surrogate mother, was also quoted as saying.
Jetten was born in Veghel in the southern Netherlands in 1987 and grew up in nearby Uden. He went on to study at the Nijmegen School of Management before beginning his career at ProRail, which is responsible for maintaining railway infrastructure in the Netherlands.
He became a Member of the House of Representatives for D66 in 2017 and later worked as the minister for climate and energy policy under former Dutch PM Mark Rutte, who is now NATO secretary general.