- Jelle Zijlstra
Infobox Prime Minister
name =Jelle Zijlstra
|thumb|150px|1959 election poster depicting Zijlstra
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order =Prime Minister of the Netherlands
term_start = 22 November 1966
term_end = 5 April 1967
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predecessor =Jo Cals
successor =Piet de Jong
birth_date =birth date|df=yes|1918|8|27
birth_place =
death_date = death date and age|df=yes|2001|12|23|1918|8|27
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spouse =
constituency =
party =Anti Revolutionaire Partij
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Jelle Zijlstra (Oosterbierum 27 August 1918- Wassenaar 23 December 2001) was a Dutch
politician of the Protestant ARP party.He was cabinet minister of Economic Affairs in the years 1952-1963 in four consecutive administrations, in different coalitions.
From 1963 until 1966 he was a senator and professor of public finance at theFree University of Amsterdam .He wasprime minister of the Netherlands of an interim administration from 1966 until 1967, as a member.From 1967 until 1981 he was president of
De Nederlandsche Bank , thecentral bank of theNetherlands . He also was the president in the same period of theBank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.He was widely respected for his expertise and integrity.
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