Jelle Zijlstra was a 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 in 1966
Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra and Minister of Finance of West Germany Franz Josef Strauss during a meeting at the Peace Palace in The Hague on 16 January 1967.
The Anti-Revolutionary Party 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. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Abraham Kuyper, founder and party leader until 1920, Prime Minister 1901–1905.
Æneas Mackay, the first Prime Minister of the Anti-Revolutionary Party 1888–1891.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister 1940–1945 during World War II leading the Dutch government in exile.
Jelle Zijlstra, party leader in 1956 and 1958–1959, Prime Minister 1966–1967.