Bonne Zijlstra

Bonne Zijlstra MEP
Zijlstra in 2013
Member of the Euclean Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 July 2014
Constituency	Alsland
President of the Euclean Community
In office 1 December 2007 – 30 November 2012
Succeeded by	Alexandre Lévesque
Premier of Alsland
In office 3 October 1998 – 20 September 2004
Preceded by	Jan Harnisch
Succeeded by	Ạþulf Ġestiġe
Minister-President of Delland
In office 18 October 1994 – 3 October 1998
Preceded by	Severyn Gaastra
Succeeded by	Peke Ringnalda
Leader of the Progressive Alliance
In office 9 February 2006 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ottila Möller
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-11) January 11, 1960 Wottested, Alsland
Nationality	Alslandic
Political party	Alslandic: Progressive Alliance EC: Socialist Alternative for Euclea
Residence	Wottested

Bonne Zijlstra (Born January 11, 1960) is an Alslandic politician who served as President of the Euclean Community from 2007 to 2012 and served as Premier of Alsland from 2000 to 2004. Zijlstra was elected as President of the Euclean Community in 2007 following the Treaty of Maredoux which established the role of the President of the Euclean Community. Zijlstra was the first person to serve as the President of the Euclean Community following the Treaty of Maredoux.

Zijlstra prior to joining politics worked with the Democratic Federation of Alslandic Labour trade union. Zijlstra entered politics in 1991 and became Minister-President of Delland in 1994, Zijlstra became only the second Minister-President of Delland not to come from the National Bloc and the first to come from the Workers' Party, Zijlstra formed a coalition government with the Humanist Sotirian Union. The coalition was re-elected after the 1998 Dellish general election however Zijlstra resigned as Minister-President a week before his second cabinet was appointed become Premier of Alsland. During first term as Premier he led a grand coalition of the Workers' Party and the National Bloc. After the 2002 legislative election the Alslandic Section of the Workers' International (ASAY) won more seats than the Workers' Party but less than the National Bloc, after the election the Bloc and the Workers' Party formed an agreement to create a rotation government where Zijlstra would continue to serve as Premier until 2004 and afterwards Ạþulf Ġestiġe would become Premier. After 2004 Zijlstra resigned and Ġestiġe became Premier. In 2006, Zijlstra became one of the founding members of the Progressive Alliance which comprised Social Democrats who opposed the Nieuwenhuis cabinet and the leftwards shift of the Workers' Party. Zijlstra became the leader of the party after it was founded.

In 2007 Zijlstra was elected as the first President of the Euclean Community following the Treaty of Maredoux. (Insert info on Zijlstra's Presidency). Zijlstra was elected to the Euclean Parliament in 2014. He currently sits with the Socialist Alternative for Euclea group within the Euclean Parliament.

Early Life

Bonne Zijlstra was born on January 11 1960 in Wottested to Tsjimke Zijlstra (1921-1998), a Senator from Middewald and Haakje Zijlstra (1930-2009). His father was a prominent member of the National Bloc and served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs between 1974 and 1977. Bonne attended a private boarding school in Hamptonshire for much of his childhood. His parents divorced in 1975 and Bonne's mother was given full custody of him in 1976. After failing to be admitted to Yndyk Military academy due to his anaemia Bonne enrolled at the University of Wottested in 1978 and graduated with a degree in History and Politics.

Zijlstra worked for the Democratic Federation of Alslandic Labour before entering politics. In 1998 he unsuccessfully ran to become Minister-President of Yndyk and received 48.5% of votes in the second round, narrowly losing to the incumbent Hatte Elsinga.

Premier of Alsland

• Technocratic government
• Pretty popular
• Re-elections
• Forming the Progressive Alliance and government with the centre-right
• Resignation to become Euclopres collapses the coalition

President of the Euclean Community

• Election

MEP

• Election

Personal life

Zijlstra's domestic partner is TV presenter and actress Sanderke Lautenbach. They have 2 children and live in Wottested. He currently is a member of the Socialist Alternative for Euclea.