Rob Jetten

Rob Jetten
Jetten in 2019

Leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2021
Preceded by	Sigrid Kaag
In office 9 October 2018 – 18 March 2021
Preceded by	Alexander Pechtold
Succeeded by	Sigrid Kaag
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2017

Personal details
Born	Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (1987-03-25) 25 March 1987 (age 34) Veghel, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66
Residence	Ubbergen, Netherlands
Occupation	Politician

Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (Dutch pronunciation: [rɔp ɑrˈnɔldʏs aːdriˈaːnʏs ˈjɛtə(n)]; born 25 March 1987) is a Dutch politician of Democrats 66 (D66). He currently serves as the party's parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives.^[1]

Biography[]

Early life and education[]

Jetten grew up in Uden, North Brabant and subsequently studied public administration at Radboud University Nijmegen. After a period as a management trainee at the Dutch railway authority ProRail, he continued working there as a consultant and as a regional supply manager for the north-eastern Netherlands.^[2]

Political career[]

Jetten began his political career as a policy advisor for the D66 faction in the Senate of the States General and as the chairman of the Young Democrats. In addition, between 2010 and 2017, he was a member of the municipal council of Nijmegen. In the 2017 Dutch general election, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives. Jetten then became his party's spokesperson for climate, energy and gas, railways, democratic renewal and economic affairs.

On 9 October 2018, Jetten was chosen as the new parliamentary leader of D66 in the House of Representatives, succeeding Alexander Pechtold.^[3] This did not automatically make him the new party leader as the new leader eventually was to be chosen in the . Aged 31, Jetten became the youngest ever parliamentary leader of D66. After his election, Jetten faced criticism in Dutch media because of his relative young age.^[4]

Personal life[]

Jetten lives with his partner, Sjoerd van Gils, in Ubbergen, Gelderland.^[5]

References[]

^ "Jetten weer fractievoorzitter D66 door verschuiving in kabinet". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "Carrière Rob Jetten gaat héél erg snel". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Rob Jetten nieuwe fractievoorzitter D66". NOS (in Dutch).
^ "Waarom D66'er Rob Jetten zoveel weerstand oproept". Adformatie.nl (in Dutch).
^ "Rob Jetten de oogappel van een oudere generatie d66'ers: 'Een fijne vent. Gewoon heel correct". Volkskrant (in Dutch).(subscription required)

External links[]

Official

(in Dutch) Drs. R.A.A. (Rob) Jetten, Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Jetten R.A.A. (D66), Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Party political offices
Preceded by Alexander Pechtold	Parliamentary leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives 2018–2021	Succeeded by Sigrid Kaag

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2021–present)
House of Representatives 31 March 2021 – present
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 34)	Rutte Aartsen Van Ark Becker Brekelmans Van Campen Ellian Erkens P. de Groot Harbers Heerema Heinen Hermans Van den Hil Idsinga Kamminga Klink Koerhuis De Kort Michon Minhas De Neef Paul Rajkowski Tellegen Tielen De Vries Wiersma Van Wijngaarden (Van 't Wout) El Yassini Yeşilgöz-Zegerius
Democrats 66 (D66 – 24)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp (Speaker) Van Beukering Boucke Boulakjar Van Ginneken T. de Groot Hagen Hammelburg R. de Jong Kaag Kat Van der Laan Van Meenen Paternotte Raemakers Sjoerdsma <> Vijlbrief Van der Werf Van Weyenberg Wuite
Party for Freedom (PVV – 17)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma De Graaf Graus Helder L. de Jong Kops Madlener Maeijer Markuszower E. Mulder De Roon Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 15)	Hoekstra Amhaouch Van den Berg Bontenbal Boswijk I. van Dijk Geurts Heerma Keijzer Knops Kuik (Van der Molen) A. Mulder (Omtzigt) Werner
Socialist Party (SP – 9)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Hijink Van Kent Kwint Leijten Van Nispen
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib G. van Dijk De Hoop Kathmann Kuiken Nijboer Piri Thijssen
GroenLinks (GL – 8)	Klaver Bouchallikht Bromet Ellemeet Van der Lee Maatoug Snels Westerveld
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 6)	Ouwehand Van Esch Van Raan Teunissen Vestering Wassenberg
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 5)	Baudet Van Houwelingen Jansen Kerseboom Van Meijeren
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bikker Ceder Grinwis Schouten
Volt Netherlands (VOLT – 3)	Dassen Gündoğan Koekkoek
JA21 (JA21 – 3)	Eerdmans Eppink Pouw-Verweij
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Van Baarle Kuzu
Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB – 1)	Van der Plas
BIJ1 (BIJ1 – 1)	Simons
Van Haga Group (Indep. – 3)	Van Haga Ephraim Smolders
Member Den Haan (Indep. – 1)	Den Haan
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporarily absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2017–2021)
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 32)	Dijkhoff <Van Ark> Aartsen <Azmani> Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman <Ten Broeke> <Dekker> R. Dijkstra <Duisenberg> El Yassini Van Gent Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap <De Lange> Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp <A. Mulder> Nijkerken-de Haan <Van Oosten> Regterschot <A. Rutte> <M. Rutte> Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman <Visser> De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer <Van 't Wout> Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Party for Freedom (PVV – 20)	Wilders Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder <Popken> De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)	Heerma Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg <Bruins Slot> C. van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts <Van Haersma Buma> Van Helvert <Keijzer> <Knops> Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen A.H. Mulder Omtzigt <Rog> <Ronnes> Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 (D66 – 19)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering <> Bouali Diertens P. Dijkstra Van Eijs <Van Engelshoven> De Groot Groothuizen <Koolmees> Van Meenen Paternotte <Pechtold> Raemakers Sjoerdsma <Van Veldhoven> Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks (GL – 14)	Klaver Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg <Diks> Ellemeet <Grashoff> Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik <Özdil> Özütok Snels <Van Tongeren> <Voortman> Westerveld
Socialist Party (SP – 14)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Karabulut Van Kent <Kooiman> Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak <Roemer>
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib (Speaker) Asscher G. van Dijk <Dijksma> <Dijsselbloem> Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf <Schouten> Voordewind
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 4)	Ouwehand <Thieme> Van Esch Van Raan Wassenberg
50PLUS (50+ – 3)	Van Brenk Van Otterloo <Van Rooijen> Sazias
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop <Dijkgraaf> Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Kuzu Öztürk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 2)	Baudet Van Haga <Hiddema> Vacant
Member Krol (Indep. – 1)	Krol
Member Van Kooten-Arissen (Indep. – 1)	Van Kooten-Arissen
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023