Mariann Fischer Boel (born 15 April 1943, Åsum) is a Danish politician, serving as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2004 to 2009. A member of the party Venstre, she had previously been minister of agriculture and foods since 2002, in the government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
In 2008, she was given the European Taxpayers' Award from the Taxpayers' Association of Europe for her decision to abolish export refunds for exports of live cattle from the EU, and for her ongoing efforts to improve the transparency of agricultural payments.
In 2008, she was presented with the Danish European Movement's price for "European of the Year"
In 2008, she was awarded the Wine Personality of the Year 2008 award by the International Wine Challenge. The IWC quoted her efforts to drag the European wine industry into the 21st century, saying that "family vineyards might have been pulled up and the family winemaking tradition lost had it not been for the intrepid heroine from the north."
Read more about Mariann Fischer Boel: General Approach To The CAP, The Sugar Reform, The Fruit and Vegetable Reform, The Wine Reform, The CAP Health Check, Increasing Transparency, Accountability and Cutting Red Tape, Helping The World To Feed Itself
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“Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician, man the creator of social reality, will always stay the great magician, will always be Prometheus bringing fire from heaven to earth, will always be Orpheus enthralling nature with his music. Not until humanity itself dies will art die.”
—Ernst Fischer (1899–1972)