Former Groningen Sociology student now Secretary of State
40 year old Halbe Zijlstra, graduated in Sociology in Groningen , in 1996, will be the new State Secretary of the Netherlands, for the Ministry of Education. Halbe Zijlstra is a member of the political party VVD, and since 2006 member of Dutch Parliament in the 'Tweede Kamer'.
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