Nikolaus Berlakovich (born 4 June 1961 in

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg ...

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), is an

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. He served as Minister for Agriculture from 2008 to 2013 in the

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and has been a member of the

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since

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. Prior to his tenure at federal level, he was member of the provincial parliament of Burgenland (1991–2005) and of the provincial government of Burgenland (2005-2008). Berlakovich is part of the Burgenland Croat community. He holds a degree in agriculture from the Austrian University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.Biography on the website of the Austrian parliament
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlakovich, Nikolaus 1961 births People from Eisenstadt Living people Burgenland Croats Agriculture ministers of Austria University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna alumni 21st-century Austrian politicians