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 (Philippines, 1959-1960)
• Serafin Salvador (Philippines, 1960-1961)
• Yosoji Kobayashi (Japan, 1961-1962)
• Malai Huvanandana (Thailand, 1962-1964)
• Lee Souck Jae (Republic of Korea, 1964-1966)
• Manouchehr Goodarzi (Iran, 1966-1968)
• Y.M. Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed (Malaysia, 1968-1971)
• Abelardo Subido (Philippines, 1971-1973)
• Hiroshi Miyazawa (Japan, 1973-1976)
• Abdolmajid Majidi (Iran, 1976-1981)
• Sondang Siagian (Indonesia, 1981-1984)
• Sohn Kwan-Ho (Republic of Korea, 1984-1985)
• Amara Raksasataya (Thailand, 1985-1987)
• Celerina Gotladera (Philippines, 1987-1988)
• Patricia Sto. Tomas (Philippines, 1988-1990)
• Bimal Raj Basnyat (Nepal, 1990-1992)
• Zhang Zhijian (People's Republic of China, 1992-1994)
• Jafar Ekram Jafari (Iran, 1994-1996)
• Susumu Kurosawa (Japan, 1996-1998)
• Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan Bin Ahmad (Malaysia, 1998-2000)
• Corazon Alma De Leon (Philippines, 2000-2002)
• Karina Constantino David (Philippines, 2002-2004)
• O. P. Agarwal (India, 2004-2005)
• Shri Ajay Sawhney (India, 2005-2006)
• Nguyen Ngoc Hien (Vietnam, 2006-2008)
• Mohammad Hassan Pasvar (Iran, 2008-2009)
• Chung Jang-sik (Republic of Korea, 2009-2010)
• Yoon Eun Key (Republic of Korea, 2010-2012)
• Sombat Thamrongthanyawong (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-present)