Rinse Zijlstra (19 April 1927 – 26 September 2017) was a Dutch politician. Zijlstra was born in

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to parents Ane Jelle Zijlstra and Pietje Postuma. His older brother was

Jelle Zijlstra Jelle Zijlstra (; 27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) 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 No ...

. Rinse Zijlstra served in the

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from 1967 to 1973 as a member of the

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. Between 1975 and 1981, Zijlstra was mayor of

Smallingerland Smallingerland (; fy, ) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Population centres Boornbergum, De Tike, De Veenhoop, De Wilgen, Drachten (main town), Drachtstercompagnie, Goëngahuizen, Houtigehage, Kortehemmen ...

. He was elected to the

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between 1983 and 1995, representing the

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, which had absorbed the Anti-Revolutionary Party in 1980. He died in

Beetsterzwaag Beetsterzwaag ( fry, Beetstersweach) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,485 in January 2017. Beetsterzwaag is known for its estates and manor houses. History ...

on 26 September 2017, aged 90.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zijlstra, Rinse 1927 births 2017 deaths Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Mayors in Friesland People from Smallingerland People from Franekeradeel