Curriculum vitae Reinhold LOPATKA

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1979-1982 : Degree in Law and Theology from the University of Graz; doctorate in Law

Professional career

• 1980-1984 : Assistant at the Institute for Canon Law, Faculty of Law, Karl Franzens University, Graz
• 1984-1993 : Managing Director of the Hartberg Social Assistance Association

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 1993-2001 : Regional party chief executive, Steiermark Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP)
• 2000-2003 : Chair of the ÖVP group, Steiermark regional parliament
• 2003-2007 : Secretary-General of the ÖVP
• 2014-2017 : Deputy federal party leader of the ÖVP
• 2013-2017 : Chair of the ÖVP group, Austrian National Council

Offices held in a regional assembly

• 1986-2003 : Member of the Steiermark regional parliament

Offices held in a national parliament

• 2003-2007 : Member of the Austrian National Council
• 2013-2024 : Member of the Austrian National Council

Offices held in a national government

• 2007-2008 : State Secretary for Sport, Federal Chancellery
• 2008-2011 : State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance
• 2012-2013 : State Secretary, Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 10/06/2024-... : Leader of the ÖVP delegation in the European Parliament
• 03/10/2024-... : Chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP)

Offices held in other European organisations

• 2020-2024 : Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism
• 2021-2024 : Vice‑President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Offices held in other international organisations

• 2017-2024 : Chair of the Austrian Parliament’s delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC) and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• 2018-... : Chair of the International Democracy Union’s (IDU) Committee on Foreign Affairs
• 2019-2022 : Chair of the IPU’s High-Level Advisory Group on Countering Terrorism
• 2022-2025 : Chair of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism’s (UNOCT) Counter-Terrorism Coordination Mechanism for Parliamentary Assemblies
• 2023-2024 : Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and Chair of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and the Arab World

Other activities

• 2010-... : President of the Austrian-Australian Society
• 2010-2016 : President of the Institute for the Environment, Peace and Development (IUFE) and Vice-President of the Austrian Disability Sports Federation

Honours

• 2003: World Champion, Parliamentarians’ Marathon
• 2005: World Champion, Parliamentarians’ Half Marathon
• 2021: Commendatore all'Ordine del Merito della Repubblica Italiana