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Sicco Mansholt

1908 - 1995

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Sicco Leendert Mansholt (Dutch: [ˈsɪkoː ˈleːndərt ˈmɑnsɦɔlt]; 13 September 1908 – 29 June 1995) 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. Mansholt worked as a farmer in Wieringermeer from 1937 until 1945. In 1940, during World War II, he joined the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers and helped shelter refugees. Following the end of World War II, Mansholt was appointed as acting Mayor of Wieringermeer, serving from 30 April 1945 until 22 May 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sicco Mansholt is the 6,740th most popular politician (up from 6,813th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 289th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sicco Mansholt ranks 6,740 out of 19,576Before him are René Viviani, García Sánchez III of Pamplona, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Antoine Barnave, Zubaidah bint Ja`far, and Princess Henriette of Belgium. After him are Karl Nesselrode, Go of Balhae, Aleida March, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Zillur Rahman, and Emperor Ichijō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Sicco Mansholt ranks 86Before him are Van Heflin, Rómulo Betancourt, Jim Brown, Viktor Abakumov, Edward Dmytryk, and Eduard Roschmann. After him are Koča Popović, Tex Avery, Sarit Thanarat, Pablo Dorado, Michael Redgrave, and Carlos Arias Navarro. Among people deceased in 1995, Sicco Mansholt ranks 81Before him are Lola Flores, Joseph Needham, Eileen Chang, Chen Yun, Eazy-E, and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark. After him are Ernest Mandel, Alexander Godunov, Pancho Gonzales, Peter Townsend, Godfrey Brown, and Václav Neumann.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sicco Mansholt ranks 269 out of 1,646Before him are Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Wim Eijk (1953), Tiësto (1969), Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), and Pieter van Laer (1599). After him are Emanuel de Witte (1617), Jozef Israëls (1824), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), and Nicholas J. Spykman (1893).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Sicco Mansholt ranks 39Before him are William I, Count of Holland (1167), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788). After him are William, Prince of Orange (1840), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), Piet de Jong (1915), and Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940).