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Jelle Zijlstra

Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 to 1967

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Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 to 1967

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	His Excellency
name	Jelle Zijlstra
image	Jelle Zijlstra 1966 (cropped).jpg
caption	Zijlstra in 1966
office	Prime Minister of the Netherlands
term_start	22 November 1966
term_end	5 April 1967
monarch	Juliana
deputy	Jan de Quay
Barend Biesheuvel
predecessor	Jo Cals
successor	Piet de Jong
office1	President of De Nederlandsche Bank
term_start1	1 May 1967
term_end1	1 January 1982
predecessor1	Marius Holtrop
successor1	Wim Duisenberg
office2	Member of the Social and Economic Council
term_start2	10 May 1967
term_end2	18 December 1981
1blankname2	Chairman
1namedata2	Jan de Pous
office3	Member of the Senate
term_start3	25 June 1963
term_end3	22 November 1966
office4	Minister of Finance
term_start4	22 November 1966
term_end4	5 April 1967
primeminister4	Himself
predecessor4	Anne Vondeling
successor4	Johan Witteveen
term_start5	22 December 1958
term_end5	24 July 1963
primeminister5	Louis Beel (1958–1959)
Jan de Quay (1959–1963)
predecessor5	Henk Hofstra
successor5	Johan Witteveen
office6	Member of the House of Representatives
term_start6	20 March 1959
term_end6	26 May 1959
term_start7	3 July 1956
term_end7	13 October 1956
office8	Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
term_start8	3 July 1956
term_end8	3 October 1956
predecessor8	Jan Schouten
successor8	Sieuwert Bruins Slot
parliamentarygroup8	Anti-Revolutionary Party
office9	Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party
term_start9	29 December 1958
term_end9	26 May 1959
deputy9	Sieuwert Bruins Slot
predecessor9	Sieuwert Bruins Slot
successor9	Sieuwert Bruins Slot
term_start10	23 April 1956
term_end10	3 October 1956
deputy10	Sieuwert Bruins Slot
predecessor10	Jan Schouten
successor10	Sieuwert Bruins Slot
office11	Minister of Economic Affairs
term_start11	2 September 1952
term_end11	19 May 1959
primeminister11	Willem Drees (1952–1958)
Louis Beel (1958–1959)
predecessor11	Jan van den Brink
successor11	Jan de Pous
birthname	Jelle Zijlstra
birth_date
birth_place	Oosterbierum, Netherlands
death_date
death_place	Wassenaar, Netherlands
nationality	Dutch
party	Christian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
otherparty	Anti-Revolutionary Party
(until 1980)
relatives	Rinse Zijlstra (brother)
alma_mater	Rotterdam School of Economics
(BEc, M.Econ, PhD)
occupation	Politician · civil servant · Economist · Businessperson · Banker · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Author · professor
allegiance	Netherlands
branch	Royal Netherlands Army
serviceyears	1939–1940 (Conscription)
1940 (Active duty)
rank	[[File:Nl-landmacht-eerste luitenant.svg	15px]] Lieutenant

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency Barend Biesheuvel Jan de Quay (1959–1963) House of Representatives Louis Beel (1958–1959) (from 1980) (until 1980) (BEc, M.Econ, PhD) 1940 (Active duty)

World War II
- Battle of the Netherlands
- Battle of France

Jelle Zijlstra (also spelled Zylstra; ; 27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. He was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).

Zijlstra studied economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics, obtaining a Master of Economics degree, before working as a researcher and lecturer at his alma mater and finished his thesis and graduating a Doctor of Philosophy in Public economics. He worked as a professor of Public economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from October 1948 until September 1952. After the 1952 general election Zijlstra was appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Drees II cabinet, taking office on 2 September 1952. After Party Leader Jan Schouten announced his retirement, Zijlstra was selected as his successor on 23 April 1956. For the 1956 general election, Zijlstra served as lead candidate and was elected to the House of Representatives, becoming parliamentary leader on 3 July 1956. Following a cabinet formation, Zijlstra continued as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Drees III cabinet and stepped down as party leader and parliamentary leader on 3 October 1956. The Drees III cabinet fell on 11 December 1958 and was replaced by the caretaker Beel II cabinet, with Zijlstra retaining his position and also becoming Minister of Finance taking office on 22 December 1958. For the 1959 general election, Zijlstra again served as lead candidate. Following a cabinet formation, Zijlstra continued as minister of finance in the De Quay cabinet. In September 1962 Zijlstra announced that he would not stand for the 1963 general election, and declined to serve in the new cabinet. Zijlstra returned as a distinguished professor of public economics at the Vrije Universiteit and was elected to the Senate after the 1963 Senate election, taking office on 25 June 1963 and serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for finance. Zijlstra also served as director of the Abraham Kuyper Foundation from August 1963 until November 1966.

Zijlstra continued to be active in politics and in September 1966 was nominated as the next president of De Nederlandsche Bank, the country's central bank. However, after the Night of Schmelzer, he was persuaded to lead an interim cabinet until the next election. Zijlstra formed the caretaker Zijlstra cabinet and took office as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and minister of finance on 22 November 1966. Before the 1967 general election, Zijlstra indicated that he would not serve another term as prime minister and opted to accept the nomination as head of De Nederlandsche Bank. Zijlstra left office following the installation of the De Jong cabinet on 5 April 1967 and was confirmed as chief of De Nederlandsche Bank, serving from 1 May 1967 until 1 January 1982.

Zijlstra retired from active politics at 63 and became active in the private and public sectors as a corporate and non-profit director and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government, and continued to be active in advocating for a balanced governmental budget. Zijlstra was known for his abilities as a skilful manager and effective debater. Zijlstra was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 30 April 1983 and continued to comment on political affairs as a statesman until his death from dementia-related illness at the age of 83. He holds the distinction as the shortest-serving Prime Minister after World War II and his premiership is therefore usually omitted both by scholars and the public in rankings but his legacy as a minister in the 1950s and 60s and later as president of De Nederlandsche Bank continue to this day.

Biography

Early life

Jelle Zijlstra was born on 27 August 1918 in Oosterbierum in the province of Friesland in a Reformed family, the son of Ane Jelle Zijlstra (born 14 November 1879) and Pietje Postuma (born 6 March 1897), both of whom had also been born in the village. After completing his secondary education, he studied at the Netherlands School of Economics, the predecessor of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His studies were interrupted twice: first by his period of military service and later when he had to go into hiding in 1942 after refusing to sign the loyalty oath required of students by the Nazi occupation authorities. Even so, he completed his economics degree in October 1945 as a Master of Economics.

Immediately after graduating, Zijlstra became a research assistant at the Netherlands School of Economics and was promoted a year later to senior research assistant and in 1947 to lecturer. In 1948 he was awarded a doctorate as a Doctor of Philosophy with cum laude for his thesis on the rate of circulation of money and its bearing on the value of money and monetary equilibrium. In the same year he was appointed professor of economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Minister of Finance of West Germany]] [[Franz Josef Strauss]] during a meeting at the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]] on 16 January 1967.

Politics

Representing the Anti-Revolutionary Party, Zijlstra successively served as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Drees II, Drees III and Beel II cabinets, and as Minister of Finance in the Beel II and De Quay cabinets between 2 September 1952 and 24 July 1963.

Following his ministerial career, Zijlstra returned to the Vrije Universiteit as professor of public finance, though he also served as a member of the Senate between 1963 and 1966. In 1973 Zijlstra became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. After the fall of the Cals cabinet, Zijlstra headed an interim government as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Finance between 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967.

From 1967 until the end of 1981 he was President of De Nederlandsche Bank, the central bank of the Netherlands, and in the course of that period he was also President of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. He has sat on many boards in the public and private sectors.

Personal

On 11 March 1946, Zijlstra married his childhood sweetheart Hetty Bloksma (30 January 1921 – 19 November 2013). They had three daughters and two sons, who were born between 1947 and 1961. The last months of life were dominated by his deteriorating health, and he suffered from dementia. Jelle Zijlstra died in Wassenaar on 23 December 2001 at the age of eighty-three Zijlstra, and was buried at the cemetery of the local Reformed Church in Wassenaar. His younger brother Rinse Zijlstra (19 April 1927 – 26 September 2017) was also a member of the House of Representatives, serving from 23 February 1967 until 10 May 1971 and a Senator serving from 12 April 1983 until 13 June 1995 for the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Decoration	Country	Date	Comment	Ribbon bar
[[File:Oorlogsherinneringskruis 1940-1945.gif	80px]]	War Memorial Cross	Netherlands	5 May 1946
[[File:NLD Mobilisation War Cross bar.svg	80px]]	Mobilisation War Cross	Netherlands	31 August 1948
Honours
[[File:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 2nd Class BAR.png	80px]]	Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the
Decoration of Honour for Services	Austria	1958
[[File:BEL Kroonorde Grootkruis BAR.svg	80px]]	Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown	Belgium	10 December 1966
[[File:NLD Order of Orange-Nassau - Knight Grand Cross BAR.png	80px]]	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	27 April 1967
[[File:NED Huisorde van Oranje A1 BAR.png	80px]]	Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange	Netherlands	27 August 1978
[[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg	80px]]	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	18 November 1981	Elevated from Commander (27 July 1963)
Honorific Titles
[[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	75px]]	Minister of State	Netherlands	30 April 1983	Style of Excellency

References

(12 November 2013). "Zijlstra, Jelle (1918–2001)". Huygens ING.
{{in lang. nl [http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Opinie/Op-Financien/299638/Jelle-Zijlstra-intellectuele-schatkistbewaker.htm Jelle Zijlstra: intellectuele schatkistbewaker] {{webarchive. link. (25 March 2012, Elsevier, 14 June 2011.)
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(19 August 2011). "De no-nonsense van Jelle Zijlstra". Historischnieuwsblad.nl.
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{{in lang. nl [http://www.online-familieberichten.nl/pers/1153701/Heintje-Hetty-Bloksma-1921-2013/ Overlijdensbericht Heintje (Hetty) Bloksma in Trouw, 23-11-2013]
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