The EROPA Executive Council (EC) is composed of representatives from state members, institutional members, and individual members. The EC is headed by its chairperson, who shall have supervisory responsibility over the execution of decisions of the Executive Council and General Assembly.

List of Executive Council Chairpersons:
  • Carlos P. Ramos (Republic of the Philippines, 1959 - 1960)
  • Serafin Salvador (Republic of the Philippines, 1960 - 1961)
  • Yosoji Kobayashi (Japan, 1961 - 1962)
  • Malai Huvanandana (Kingdom of Thailand, 1962 - 1964)
  • Lee Souck Jae (Republic of Korea, 1964 - 1966)
  • Manouchehr Goodarzi (Islamic Republic of Iran, 1966 - 1968)
  • Y.M. Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed (Malaysia, 1968 - 1971)
  • Abelardo Subido (Republic of the Philippines, 1971 - 1973)
  • Hiroshi Miyazawa (Japan, 1973 - 1976)
  • Abdolmajid Majidi (Islamic Republic of Iran, 1976 - 1981)
  • Sondang Siagian (Republic of Indonesia, 1981 - 1984)
  • Sohn Kwan-Ho (Republic of Korea, 1984 - 1985)
  • Amara Raksasataya (Kingdom of Thailand, 1985 - 1987)
  • Celerina Gotladera (Republic of the Philippines, 1987 - 1988)
  • Patricia Sto. Tomas (Rpublic of the Philippines, 1988 - 1990)
  • Bimal Raj Basnyat (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, 1990 - 1992)
  • Zhang Zhijian (People's Republic of China, 1992 - 1994)
  • Jafar Ekram Jafari (Islamic Republic of Iran, 1994 - 1996)
  • Susumu Kurosawa (Japan, 1996 - 1998)
  • Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan Bin Ahmad (Malaysia, 1998 - 2000)
  • Corazon Alma De Leon (Republic of the Philippines, 2000 - 2002)
  • Karina Constantino David (Republic of the Philippines, 2002 - 2004)
  • O. P. Agarwal (Republic of India, 2004 - 2005)
  • Shri Ajay Sawhney (Republic of India, 2005 - 2006)
  • Nguyen Ngoc Hien (Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 2006 - 2008)
  • Mohammad Hassan Pasvar (Islamic Republic of Iran, 2008 - 2009)
  • Chung Jang-sik (Republic of Korea, 2009 - 2010)
  • Yoon Eun Key (Republic of Korea, 2010 - 2012)
  • Sombat Thamrongthanyawong (Kingdom of Thailand, 2012 - 2013)
  • Morio Sakamoto (Japan, 2013 - 2014)
  • Kazuo Miwa (Japan, 2014 - 2015)
  • Akihide Hirashima (Japan, 2015 - 2016)
  • Jiang Wu (People's Republic of China, 2016 - 2018)
  • Oh Dong-ho (Republic of Korea, 2018)
  • Yang Hyang Ja (Republic of Korea, 2018 - August 2019)
  • Park Chun Ran (Republic of Korea, October - December 2019)
  • Alicia dela Rosa-Bala (Republic of the Philippines, 2020 - 2021)
  • Ploy Suebvises (Kingdom of Thailand, 2022 - 2023)
  • Nguyen Ba Chien (Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 2024 - 2025)
Executive Council Members
(1 January 2024 - 31 December 2025)
• Chairman
Dr. Nguyen Ba Chien, National Academy of Public Administration
(Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

• 1st Vice-Chair
Mr. Jia Jie, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security
(People's Republic of China)

Group Member Representatives:
• Dr. Peter Fong, Hong Kong Public Administration Association
(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China)
• Mr. Takanu Kazuki, The Japan Council of Local Authorities for International Relations - Singapore (Japan)

Individual Member Representatives:
• Dr. Akio Kamiko, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
• Dr. Vincent Wong, Hong Kong Public Administration Association (Hong Kong SAR)
• Dr. Narendra Raj Paudel, Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

State Member Representatives:
• Dr. Meysam Latifi, Public Administration and Recruitment Organization (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Mr. Jia Jie, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (People’s Republic of China)
• Dr. Muhammad Taufiq, National Institute of Public Administration (Republic of Indonesia)
• Dr. Jitendra Singh, Indian Institute of Public Administration (Republic of India)
• Mr. Kikuchi Yoshinobu, Local Autonomy College (Japan)
* Dato' Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan bin Haji Abdul Aziz, Public Service Department (Malaysia)
• Mr. Bharatmani Subedi, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
• Atty. Marilyn Barua-Yap, Civil Service Commission (Republic of the Philippines)
• Mr. Kim Chae-Hwan, National Human Resources Development Institute (Republic of Korea)
• Dr. Tippawan Lorsuwannarat, National Institute of Development Administration
(Kingdom of Thailand)
• Dr. Nguyen Ba Chien, National Academy of Public Administration (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

Future Plans and Programs Committee:
• Dr. Masao Kikuchi, Meiji University (Japan)

Resolutions Committee:
• Dr. Wong Wai Lun, Hong Kong Public Administration Association
​(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China)