Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Monday that he won't run for a fifth term in office.
Rutte, who became the country's longest-serving prime minister in history in August last year, said he plans to leave Dutch politics following elections later in the year.
"Yesterday morning I made the decision that I will not again be available as leader of the VVD. Once the new cabinet is formed after the elections, I will leave politics," Rutte said.Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Monday that he won't run for a fifth term in office after handing in the resignation of his cabinet Friday, bringing an end to the country's fragile four-party coalition government.
The leader of the conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy had served as prime minister since 2010.
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