Paul Ruebig, born in Wels (Upper Austria), was member of the European Parliament from 1996 to 2019 and belonged to the European People’s Party (EPP). He is married and has two children.
In the European Parliament Paul Ruebig was full member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Budgets. In addition, he was substitute member of the Committee on Development and in the Committee on International Trade. He was Chairman of STOA (Panel for the Future of Science and Technology), an official body of the European Parliament that is supported by external experts such as universities, scientists or research institutes.
Paul Ruebig is very active in the field of the small-scale business promotion. He is president of SME Global, a working group of the International Democrat Union (IDU), whose objective it is to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and to improve their business environment.
In 2019 Paul Ruebig was appointed to the Advisory Board of Rübig Holding GmbH. He is also member of the Governing Board of the EIT (European Institute of Innovation & Technology) and member of the European Economic and Social Committee.
In 2022 Paul Ruebig was appointed as External Advisor to the Board of Directors of Water Europe.
