Rinse Zijlstra (19 April 1927 – 26 September 2017) was a Dutch politician. Zijlstra was born in Oosterbierum to parents Ane Jelle Zijlstra and Pietje Postuma. His older brother was

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

. Rinse Zijlstra served in the

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from 1967 to 1973 as a member of the

Anti-Revolutionary Party The Anti-Revolutionary Party (, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister who served as Prime Mi ...

. Between 1975 and 1981, Zijlstra was mayor of

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. He was elected to the

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between 1983 and 1995, representing the

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, which had absorbed the Anti-Revolutionary Party in 1980. He died in

Beetsterzwaag Beetsterzwaag () is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,485 in January 2017. Beetsterzwaag is known for its estates and manor houses. History The village was fir ...

on 26 September 2017, aged 90.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zijlstra, Rinse 1927 births 2017 deaths Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Mayors in Friesland People from Smallingerland People from Franekeradeel Dutch MPs 1967–1971