Robert Bergland (born July 22, 1928 in Roseau, Minnesota) is a United States politician. He grew up on a farm (where he still lives) near Roseau. He became an official with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1963 go 1968. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977. In 1977 he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by Jimmy Carter. At the end of the Carter administration in 1981, he became the chairman of Farmland World Trade until 1982 when he became the vice president and general manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association. In that capacity he lobbied both congress and regulatory agencies on behalf of Cooperatives in the electricity business. He retired in 1994.
Preceded by: Odin Langden U.S. Representative from the 7th Congressional District of Minnesota 1971-1977 Succeeded by: Arlan Stangeland Preceded by: John A. Knebel United States Secretary of Agriculture 1977-1981 Succeeded by: John R. Block United States Secretaries of Agriculture Coleman • Rusk • Morton • Wilson • Houston • Meredith • HC Wallace • Gore • Jardine • Hyde • HA Wallace • Wickard • Anderson • Brannan • Benson • Freeman • Hardin • Butz• Knebel • Bergland • Block • Lyng • Yeutter • Madigan • Espy • Glickman • Veneman • Johanns
