Died 1995-06-29.
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Sicco Mansholt
Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the fourth president of the European Commission from 1 March 1972 until 5 January 1973.
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politics · Dutch farmer, politician, and diplomat (1908–1995) · politician · farmer · resistance fighter · agronomist · minister · also Sicco Mansholt, Sicco Leendert Mansholt, Mansholt
Born 13 September 1908 · Died 29 June 1995 · Q364219
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1995· 1 entry
1972· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the European Commission (1972–1973).
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1958· 2 entries
Mansholt became one of the Commissioners of the new European Commission
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Career landmark: European Commissioner for Agriculture (1958–1972).
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1956· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1956–1956).
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1954· 1 entry
The parliamentary debate about the budget for the Department of Agriculture was postponed: the Minister was ice-skating the 200-kilometre-long Elfstedentocht in the Dutch province of Friesland, which he skated twice in h
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1952· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1952–1952).
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1948· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1948–1948).
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And the three Drees administrations: 1951, 1952 and 1956
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Career landmark: Minister of Economic Affairs (1948–1948).
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1946–1946).
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1945· 2 entries
Career landmark: mayor of Wieringermeer (1945–1945).
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Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture (1945–1958).
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1940· 1 entry
During World War II, he joined the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers and helped shelter refugees
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1908· 1 entry
Born 1908-09-13.
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