Jelle Zijlstra

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Jelle Zijlstra
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office November 22, 1966 – April 5, 1967
Preceded by	Jo Cals
Succeeded by	Piet de Jong
Born	August 27, 1918(1918-08-27)
Died	December 23, 2001 (aged 83)
Political party	Anti Revolutionaire Partij

Jelle Zijlstra (Oosterbierum August 27, 1918- Wassenaar December 23, 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 the Free University of Amsterdam. He was prime 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, the central bank of the Netherlands. He also was the president in the same period of the International Bank of Payments in Basel, Switzerland.

He was widely respected for his expertise and integrity.

v • d • e Prime Ministers of the Netherlands since 1877 Kappeyne van de Coppello • Van Lynden van Sandenburg • Heemskerk Azn. • Mackay • Van Tienhoven • Roëll • Pierson • Kuyper • De Meester • Heemskerk • Cort van der Linden • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck • Colijn • De Geer • Gerbrandy • Schermerhorn • Beel • Drees • De Quay • Marijnen • Cals • Zijlstra • De Jong • Biesheuvel • Den Uyl • Van Agt • Lubbers • Kok • Balkenende

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