Jelle Zijlstra
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Jelle Zijlstra was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. He was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party.
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 Bank for International Settlements is an international financial institution which is owned by members' central banks. Its primary goal is to foster international monetary and financial cooperatio
Jelle Zijlstra
…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. On 11 March 1946, Zijlstra married his childhood sweetheart Hetty Bloksma (30…
BIS Tower in Basel
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American banker Owen D. Young (1874–1962) played a central role in the conception and establishment of the BIS in 1929–1930