Tobias Winkler (Germany) was elected Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs at the 2025 Annual Session in Porto.

He was previously appointed on 2 April 2024 by OSCE PA President Pia Kauma (Finland) to serve until the conclusion of the Annual Session in Bucharest.

He served as Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Munich from 2015 to 2021. He was previously Chief of Staff to the President of the European Parliament Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering (2009–2014) and to Vice-President Dr. Ingo Friedrich (2005–2009), working in Brussels, Strasbourg, and Gunzenhausen.

He holds a degree in Political Science with a focus on European Integration and International Politics from the Hochschule für Politik München (2005). He is a long-standing member of the CSU with various local leadership roles, and since 2009, he has served as Deputy Secretary General of the European Economic Senate.