• Date of birth: 29th January 1957, Ilok
• Marital status: wife Anica, senior nurse, five children – four sons and daughter

Education

• Graduate engeneer of agriculture
• Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
• Elementary and Secondary School, Ilok

Professional career

• 1983 – 1989 Chief enologist - Working Section: viticulture and enology Ilok, VUPIK Vukovar
• 1989 – 1991 Director of Working Section - viticulture and enology Ilok, VUPIK Vukovar
• 1997 – 1998 Director of Organization Section – Podrum Ilok, VUPIK Vukovar

Political career

• 1990 – 1991 member of Executive Council of Municipality Assembly of Vukovar
• 1991 president of Crisis Committee for Ilok – Homeland War participant from May 1991 until April 1992
• 1992 – 1993 assistant of Commissioner of Government of the Republic of Croatia for Vukovar Municipality with headquarters in Vinkovci; responsible for contacts with UNPROFOR and other international organizations
• 1993 – 2001 member of HDZ County's Committee
• 1993 – 1997 Deputy Mayor of Ilok – active participant in work with Croatian Refugees Community and member of Board of Directors of CRC
• 1996 – 1997 active participant of peaceful reintegration – member of execution Committee for Agriculture
• 1997 – 2000 deputy of Chamber of Counties of Croatian Parliament
• 2000 – 2001 County Prefekt of Vukovarsko-srijemska County
• 2002 President of HDZ County's Committee of Vukovarsko–srijemska County
• 2003 coopted in Presidency of HDZ
• 2003 appointed Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management

Foreign language

• German – passive

Hobbies

• Sport, chess, reading