- ZIJLSTRA, Jelle
- (1918–2001)Politician. Having studied econom ics at the Rotterdam School of Economics (now Erasmus Univer sity), Zijlstra was appointed lecturer there. In 1952, he became pro fessor of theoretical economics at the Free (Calvinist) University in Amsterdam. He was a member of the Antirevolutionaire Partij (ARP), the orthodox Protestant political party. From 1952 until 1959, Zijlstra was minister of economic affairs and, from 1959 to 1963, minister of finance. In 1963, he was elected to the First Cham ber of Parliament. Zijlstra was prime minister for a short period in 1966–1967. Until 1981, he served as president of the Bank of the Netherlands. During the same period, he was president of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.
Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. EdwART. 2012.