Oliver Röpke

President, European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver Röpke was elected as the president of the EESC in April 2023. Member of EESC since 2009, Mr Ropke was the president of the EESC Workers’ Group, a member of the EESC Bureau and rapporteur of many EESC resolutions and opinions on employment and social policy, single market and innovation.

Mr Ropke headed the Brussels office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (OGB) and took on several senior positions including as ÖGB representative to the EU institutions, the Executive Committee of the ETUC, and an advisory member of the OGB federal executive board. Mr Ropke has a legal background and holds a law degree from the University of Vienna.