Jelle Zijlstra (; 27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a politics of the Netherlands, Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. Zijlstra studied Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree and worked as a researcher and lecturer at his alma mater before finishing his thesis and graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy in Public economics and worked as a professor of Public economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Free University Amsterdam from October 1948 until September 1952. After the 1952 Dutch general election, election of 1952 Zijlstra was appointed as List of Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, Minister of Economic Affairs in the Second Drees cabinet, Cabinet Drees II taking office on 2 September 1952. After Anti-Revolutionary Party#Leadership, Party Leader Jan Schouten (politician), Jan Schouten announced his retirement Zijlstra was selected his successor as Leader on 23 April 1956. For the 1956 Dutch general election, election of 1956 Zijlstra served as ''Lijsttrekker'' (top candidate) and was elected as a House of Representatives (Netherlands), Member of the House of Representatives and Parliamentary leader taking office on 3 July 1956. Following a Dutch cabinet formation, cabinet formation Zijlstra continued as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Third Drees cabinet, Cabinet Drees III and stepped down as Leader and Parliamentary leader on 3 October 1956. The Cabinet Drees III fell on 11 December 1958 and was replaced by the caretaker government, caretaker Second Beel cabinet, Cabinet Beel II with Zijlstra retaining his position and also becoming List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands, Minister of Finance taking office on 22 December 1958. For the 1959 Dutch general election, election of 1959 Zijlstra again served as ''Lijsttrekker''. Following a Dutch cabinet formation, cabinet formation Zijlstra continued as Minister of Finance in the De Quay cabinet, Cabinet De Quay. In September 1962 Zijlstra announced that he wouldn't not stand for the 1963 Dutch general election, election of 1963 and declined to serve in new cabinet. Zijlstra returned as a distinguished professor of Public economics at the Free University Amsterdam and was elected as a Senate (Netherlands), Member of the Senate after the Historic composition of the Senate of the Netherlands, Senate election of 1963 taking office on 25 June 1963 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Ministry of Finance (Netherlands), Finance. Zijlstra also served as director of the Anti-Revolutionary Party, 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 De Nederlandsche Bank, President of the Central Bank. However, after a :nl:Nacht van Schmelzer, political crisis, he was persuaded to lead an interim cabinet until the next 1967 Dutch general election, election. Zijlstra formed the Caretaker government, caretaker Zijlstra cabinet, Cabinet Zijlstra and became Prime Minister of the Netherlands and dual served as Minister of Finances taking office on 22 November 1966. Before the 1967 Dutch general election, election of 1967 Zijlstra indicated that he wouldn't serve another term as Prime Minister and opted to accepted the nomination as head of the Central Bank. Zijlstra left office following the installation of the De Jong cabinet, Cabinet De Jong on 5 April 1967 and was confirmed as chief of the Central Bank serving from 1 May 1967 until 1 January 1982. Zijlstra retired from active politics at 63 and became active in the private sector, private and public sectors as a corporate and non-profit director and served on several :nl:Staatscommissie, state commissions and councils on behalf of the government, and continued to be active in advocating for a Government budget balance, balanced governmental budget. Zijlstra was known for his abilities as skillful manager and effective Debater. Zijlstra was granted the honorary title of Minister of State (Netherlands), 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 List of prime ministers of the Netherlands, shortest-serving Prime Minister after World War II and his premiership is therefore is usually omitted both by scholars and the public in Historical rankings of prime ministers of the Netherlands, rankings but his legacy as a Minister in the 1950s and 60s and later as President of the Central Bank continue to this-day.

Biography

Early life

Jelle Zijlstra was born on 27 August 1918 in Oosterbierum in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland in a Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, Reformed family, the son of Ane Jelle Zijlstra (born 14 November 1879) and Pietje Postuma (born 6 March 1897), both of which 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 History of the Netherlands (1939–1945), 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, Vrije Universiteit.

Politics

Representing the Anti-Revolutionary Party, Zijlstra successively served as Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Environment (Netherlands), Minister of Economic Affairs in the Second Drees cabinet, Drees II, Third Drees cabinet, Drees III and Second Beel cabinet, Beel II cabinets, and as Ministry of Finance (Netherlands), Minister of Finance in the Second Beel cabinet, Beel II and De Quay cabinet, De Quay cabinets between 2 September 1952 and 24 July 1963. Following his ministerial career, Zijlstra returned to the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit as professor of public finance, though he also served between 1963 and 1966 as a member of the Senate (Netherlands), Senate. In 1973 Zijlstra became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. After the fall of the Netherlands cabinet Cals, Cabinet Cals, Zijlstra headed an interim government as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Ministry of Finance (Netherlands), 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 Churches in the Netherlands, Reformed Church in Wassenaar. His younger brother Rinse Zijlstra (19 April 1927 – 26 September 2017) was also a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives, serving from 23 February 1967 until 10 May 1971 and a Senate (Netherlands), Senator serving from 12 April 1983 until 13 June 1995 for the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal.Vergeten volksvertegenwoordigers: dr. Jelle Zijlstra
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