Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his girlfriend Jodie Haydon on Saturday, becoming the first sitting leader in the country’s history to wed while in office.
A smiling Albanese, 62, tied the knot with the financial services professional during a private ceremony in the garden of his official residence, The Lodge, in Canberra.
“Married,” the prime minister wrote in a one-word social media post, sharing a video of himself in a bow-tie holding hands with his bride, who wore a long white gown, as confetti rained down.
In a joint statement, the couple said, “We are absolutely delighted to share our love and commitment to spending our future lives together, in front of our family and closest friends.”
The wedding came more than a year after Albanese proposed on Valentine’s Day 2024, saying at the time he had found a partner “who I want to spend the rest of my life with.”
They wrote their own vows, and a celebrant officiated the ceremony. Albanese’s dog, a shaggy cavoodle named Toto, served as the ring bearer.
Married❤️ pic.twitter.com/mSzojtBF2I
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) November 29, 2025
Guests celebrated with beer from a Sydney brewery, and the couple walked down the aisle to Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours).”
The newlyweds plan to go on a five-day honeymoon in Australia starting Monday. Albanese, who divorced his previous wife in 2019 and has an adult son named Nathan, met Haydon more than five years ago at a business dinner in Melbourne.
The centre-left Labor Party leader secured a second three-year term in May in a landslide election victory. He joined Labor while still in high school and later became deeply involved in student politics at the University of Sydney.