Gauthier Destenay

Gauthier Destenay
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Assumed office
15 May 2015
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Preceded by Christiane Juncker
Personal details
Born Gauthier Christian Destenay
(1979-09-21) September 21, 1979
Virton, Belgium
Political party Democratic Party
Spouse(s)
Xavier Bettel (m. 2015)
Residence Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Alma mater University of Liège

Gauthier Christian Destenay (born 21 september 1979) is a Belgian architect who is the husband of Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel.

Personal life

Gauthier Destenay as First Gentlemen with Queen Mathilde of Belgium and the First Ladies on the NATO members meeting, Royal Castle of Laeken.

Destenay is from Belgium and has been working as an associate architect at Belgian-Luxembourg firm A3 Architecture since 2013. He graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Liège in 2003.[1][2][3]

Bettel came out publicly as gay in 2008. Destenay has been in a civil union with Bettel since 2010 and appeared along with Bettel at many official events, including the Wedding of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy.

Destenay asked for Bettel's hand in marriage in August 2014. They were married on 15 May 2015 in a private ceremony officiated by Luxembourg city mayor Lydie Polfer in the presence of around 250 guests. Bettel became the first European Union head of government to marry a same sex partner.[1] The wedding was also attended by Elio Di Rupo, the former Belgian Prime Minister who was the European Union's first openly gay head of government. The ceremony was followed by a reception for 500 guests at the Cercle-Cité.[4][5][6]

Destenay gained attention on social media when he appeared as the only male spouse in a group portrait of world leaders' spouses and partners at the 2017 NATO summit.

References

  1. 1 2 "Luxembourg's prime minister first EU leader to marry same-sex partner". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Gauthier Destenay: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "A3 Bureau". A3 Architecture. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Luxembourg PM first gay EU leader to marry". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 January 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Xavier Bettel and Gauthier Destenay say 'I do'". Luxemburger Wort. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Luxembourg's Prime Minister has just married his boyfriend". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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