Sicco Mansholt was a farmer, a member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War, a national politician and the first European Commissioner responsible for Agriculture. Mansholt's ideas laid the basis for the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, one of the most prominent policies since its founding days.
Sicco Mansholt oli maanviljelijä, Alankomaiden vastarintaliikkeen jäsen toisen maailmansodan aikana, kansallinen poliitikko sekä Euroopan yhteisöjen ensimmäinen maatalouskomissaari.