'She said yes': Australian PM Anthony Albanese engaged on Valentine's Day. Watch

Anthony Albanese said he had planned both the date and place of the proposal and even helped design Jodie Haydon's diamond ring. (Image credit: Instagram/AnthonyAlbanese).

Anthony Albanese became the first Australian Prime Minister to get engaged while still in office after he revealed on Thursday that his partner had accepted his marriage proposal on Valentine's Day.

Albanese got engaged to Jodie Haydon- a financial services professional- and the couple have been together for three years. He said that he had proposed to Haydon on a balcony of his official residence.

"She said yes," Albanese posted with a love heart symbol on X (formerly Twitter).

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Albanese said he had planned both the date and place of the proposal and even helped design Haydon's diamond ring. But he did not know if the wedding would be held before he sets the date for Australia's next election.

"We'll now have those discussions between us, which I think people would understand, and sort out those details, but we just want to live in the moment at this point," Albanese told reporters at a brief news conference on a lawn outside the Lodge.

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— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) February 15, 2024

Albanese is only the second prime minister to live with a common law partner at the Lodge. Julia Gillard led the government from 2010 until 2013, and the unusual status of her partner reportedly delayed Indonesia issuing him a visa when she made an official visit to the country in 2011.

(With inputs from PTI).