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)
  • Kamphol Panyagometh (Kingdom of Thailand, 2022 - 2023)
Executive Council Members
(1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021)
Chairman:
Ms. Alicia dela Rosa-Bala
Civil Service Commission
(Republic of the Philippines)
1st Vice Chair:
Dr. Kamphol Panyagometh
National Institute of Development Administration
(Kingdom of Thailand)
2nd Vice Chair:
Mr. Eaknarayan Aryal
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration
(Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
Group Member Representatives:
Hong Kong Association of Public Administration
(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s 
Republic of China)
Individual Member Representatives:
Dr. Akio Kamiko
Ritsumeikan University
(Japan)

Mr. Melanio Santella
National Youth Commission
(Republic of the Philippines)
​State Member Representatives
Mr. Hao Bin                                
Chinese Academy of Personnel Science        
(People’s Republic of China)

Dr. Adi Suryanto
National Institute of Public Administration
(Republic of Indonesia)

Dr. Jitendra Singh
Indian Institute of Public Administration
(Republic of India)

Mr. Masood Saeedi Moghadam
Administrative and Recruitment Organization
(Islamic Republic of Iran)

Mr. Satoshi Murate
Local Academy Center
(Japan)

Mr. Eaknarayan Aryal
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration
(Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)

Ms. Alicia dela Rosa-Bala
Civil Service Commission
(Republic of the Philippines)

Dr. Kamphol Panyagometh
National Institute of Development Administration
(Kingdom of Thailand)

Dr. Dang Xuan Hoan
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 Association of Public Administration
(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China)