World's First Full-Time Gay Male Leader: Belgium's Elio Di Rupo (Advocate) 
Elio Di Rupo takes over Tuesday as Belgium's premier, making him the first openly gay man to head a nation on a full-time basis.
Di Rupo, 60, is making more headlines in Belgium for his native tongue than for his sexual orientation. He's the first French-speaking politician to lead the country in 30 years — the majority speak Dutch — and the first Socialist leader since 1974. Di Rupo is heading a nation that has gone more than 500 days without a formal government, and one that's wrapped up in the debt crisis currently roiling the European Union. A downgrade of Belgium's credit made it urgent for the nation to find a new leader, which propelled Di Rupo to the prime minister's seat.
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