Talk:Mark Rutte

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Second Coalition

Remeoved a political statement about Rutte's campaign promises. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.93.212.112 (talk) 13:02, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lijsttrekker

Does anyone know a suitable english word for this specific dutch political term of lijsttrekker? I went with "political leader" for now.

Civil servant

I do not grasp the current occupation "Civil Servant" in the column at the right. A member of parliament is not a civil servant, but a representative. A State Secretary is a political executive office. Before becoming State Secretary Mark Rutte had various positions in Human Resources at Unilever. By any stretch of the concept of Civil Servant, Mark Rutte has never been a civil servant in his professional life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.101.98.231 (talk) 00:50, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Living with his mom

Funny, but not true.

According to the telegraaf van 3 June, which had an interview with Rutte.

"Geruchten Wel maakt hij graag gebruik van de gelegenheid om een paar hardnekkige geruchten te ontzenuwen. Nee, hij woont niet meer bij zijn moeder – „al niet meer sinds m’n 21e” – maar alleen in een appartement. Ja, hij gaat wel eens in de week bij haar eten – „Lachen man!”. En nee, ze doet zijn was niet."

Translation:

"Rumours He uses [the interview] gladly to deny a few persistent strong . No, he does not live with his mother - "not since I was 21" - but alone in an apartment. Yes, he goes to eat with her every week - "Thats a blast!" And no she does not do his laundry"

I'm removing the rumour --C mon 22:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life

How about a reference to the fact that he is single (I wonder how many prime ministers have been single) and that there's even a television show on BNN searching for his mate (Ja Ik Will... Rutte) 62.21.140.122 (talk) 19:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Iceland's, before marriage in office. India's previously, and probably a host more.(Lihaas (talk) 05:36, 16 October 2010 (UTC)).[reply]

He could be Gay or Bisexual, although Holland has moved way ahead of the rest when it comes to issues of Homosexuality and freedoms in general, it would still be bit awkward for a church going individual to come out in the open,especially if he is also an PM, doesn't help either to be a leader of the conservative block. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.210.150 (talk) 07:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a talkpage, 2.25.210.150. Not a forum to speculate about someone's sexual orientation.—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 13:11, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Besides, his sexual orientation is irrelevant as the Dutch constitution does not require any sexual orientation test to hold the office of prime minister.161.24.19.112 (talk) 17:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mark Rutte-6.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Mark Rutte-6.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 14, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-10-14. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 17:58, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Mark Rutte is (as of 2011) the incumbent Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He has been the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) party since 2006. In the 2010 general election, the VVD won the highest number of votes cast, resulting in their occupying 31 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. When he was sworn in on 14 October 2010, he became the first liberal Prime Minister in the Netherlands in 92 years.Photo: Nick van Ormondt

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Vandalism

This page is being vandalized by posting Cat pictures and changing the name of the party. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganeshran (talk • contribs) 08:36, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah but it was pretty funny. 10/10 for originality. Zolstijers innit brah? —Preceding undated comment added 16:01, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]