About Rinse Zijlstra
Lived 1927 – 2017 (aged 90). Rinse Zijlstra was a Dutch politician and economist.
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. Rinse Zijlstra served in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 as a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. Between 1975 and 1981, Zijlstra was mayor of Smallingerland. He was elected to the Senate between 1983 and 1995, representing the Christian Democratic Appeal, which had absorbed the Anti-Revolutionary Party in 1980.
He died in Beetsterzwaag on 26 September 2017, aged 90.
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Dutch politician and economist (1927-2017)
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Rinse Zijlstra was born on 19 April 1927 in Oosterbierum.
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Rinse Zijlstra died on 26 September 2017 in Beetsterzwaag.
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Rinse Zijlstra was a politician and economist.
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