Halbe Zijlstra

Quick Facts

Full Name	Halbe Zijlstra
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1969(1969-01-21)
Age	55
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Birth City	Oosterwolde
Horoscope	Capricorn

Halbe Zijlstra Biography

Halbe Zijlstra is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 21, 1969 in Oosterwolde, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Halbe Zijlstra was a Dutch citizen who was born in Oosterwolde on 21 January 1969. His father was a detective in the police. He completed secondary education at vwo and then studied sociology at University of Groningen. After that, he worked in several companies.

Zijlstra is a management consultant by profession. He was elected to the House of Representatives following the 2006 general election. His term lasted from 30 November 2006 to 14 October 2010. Zijlstra was then appointed State Secretary for Education Culture and Science in First Rutte’s cabinet. This position lasted until 5 November 2012. He was elected to the House of Representatives again after the 2012 election. He served from 20 September 2012 to 26 October 2017. Zijlstra was then appointed as State Secretary for Education, Culture, and Science in the First Rutte cabinet, which he held until 5 November 2012. From 26 October 2017 until 13 February 2018, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After Rutte’s first cabinet lost a motion of no confidence in 2012 and new elections were held, Zijlstra returned to the House of Representatives as chairman of his party’s parliamentary group. In 2016, he announced he would not be available for a second term as parliamentary leader after the 2017 general election, but that he aspired to enter the cabinet as a minister.

In 2015, Zijlstra authored an op-ed for the NRC Handelsblad daily in which he criticized the Iran nuclear deal framework as “a historical error,” a view that echoed Israel’s.

Zijlstra was elected to House of Representatives during the 2006 general elections. He took his seat on the 30th of November. He was the party’s spokesperson on health, energy, sport, higher education, sciences, and biotechnology in the House. He introduced a bill to combat football hooligans shortly after the election with Labour Party MP Hans Spekman. The bill was passed in 2007 by Guusje Ter Horst who was then Minister of the Interior, Kingdom Relations.

Halbe Zijlstra Net Worth

Halbe Zijlstra is one of the richest Politician from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Halbe Zijlstra 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Halbe Zijlstra, Dutch pronunciation: [‘halb@? ‘zeilstra]; born 21.01.1969) is a former Dutch politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Third Rutte cabinet from 26 October 2017 through 13 February 2018. He is a member the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy.

Zijlstra is a member since the 1st of February 1994. From 1998 to 2001, he was a member the Utrecht municipal council and again in 2003 to 2006.

On 14 October 2010, Zijlstra was appointed as State secretary for Education, Culture and Science in the newly installed First Rutte cabinet. In this position, he was responsible for a broad portfolio of policy areas within the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, including higher education, science and knowledge, the training and labour conditions of teachers, culture and cultural heritage. In his two-year term, Zijlstra initiated several changes in higher education policy, including the introduction of scholarships more favourable for long-term students and the creation of the possibility to prolong one’s study in exceptional cases in 2011, and placing base scholarships for Master students under the loan system in 2012. Additionally, Zijlstra initiated budget cuts in the culture sector, sharpening the conditions necessary to be eligible for government subsidies, and merging several cultural funds. These measures saved a total of 200 million euros.

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Halbe Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Halbe Zijlstra celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.