Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his partner, Argentine field hockey player Nicolas Keenan, are expecting their first child through surrogacy, the couple announced on Monday. Jetten’s party, Democrats 66 (D66), said the pregnancy was made possible with the help of Dutch friends who agreed to act as a surrogate mother and donate an egg.
The couple, who already have children of their own, helped Jetten and Keenan without any commercial motive, the party said.
Paid surrogacy is illegal in the country. However, they postponed their wedding shortly after Jetten became prime minister. Jetten, 39, is engaged to Keenan, an Argentine international field hockey player. The couple announced their engagement in November 2024 and planned to marry this summer.
The pregnancy was made possible through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment in the Netherlands and complies with Dutch rules and regulations, according to D66.
However, he is not planning an extended period of parental leave. He later served as minister for climate and energy policy under former prime minister Mark Rutte, now NATO Secretary General. He entered the Dutch House of Representatives as a D66 lawmaker in 2017.
The party also said Jetten plans to take a few days off work after the baby’s birth to spend time with his family.
Jetten became the youngest prime minister in Dutch history after his party secured an unexpected election victory last year.
