This is a list of members of the Belgian Senate during the 53rd legislature, after the elections of 2010. They are arranged alphabetically by type.
Seat division
edit| Party | Seats by type | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directly elected | Community | Coopted | |||
| New Flemish Alliance | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Socialist Party | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Reformist Movement | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Ecolo—Green! | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Socialist Party–Different | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Ecolo | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Flemish Interest | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Green! | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| 40 | 21 | 10 | 71 | ||
Bureau
editPresident and Vice-Presidents
edit| Office | Senator | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Danny Pieters | N-VA | |
| First Vice-president | Willy Demeyer | PS | |
| Second Vice-president | Armand De Decker | MR | |
| Third Vice-president | Helga Stevens | N-VA |
College of Quaestors
edit| Quaestor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Wouter Beke | CD&V | |
| Olga Zrihen | PS | |
| Bert Anciaux | SP.A |
Floor leaders
editAlphabetically
edit| Senator | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Bert Anciaux | SP.A | |
| Wouter Beke | CD&V | |
| Frank Boogaerts | N-VA | |
| Yves Buysse ← Dewinter | Vlaams Belang | |
| Jurgen Ceder | Vlaams Belang | |
| Rik Daems | Open VLD | |
| Sabine de Bethune | CD&V | |
| Alexander De Croo | Open VLD | |
| Patrick De Groote ← De Wever | N-VA | |
| Inge Faes | N-VA | |
| Piet De Bruyne ← Geybels | N-VA | |
| Louis Ide | N-VA | |
| Nele Lijnen | Open VLD | |
| Lieve Maes | N-VA | |
| Danny Pieters | N-VA | |
| Freya Piryns | Groen! | |
| Luc Sevenhans | N-VA | |
| Elke Sleurs | N-VA | |
| Dirk Sterckx | Open VLD | |
| Marleen Temmerman | SP.A | |
| Marianne Thyssen | CD&V | |
| Rik Torfs[1] | CD&V | |
| Johan Vande Lanotte | SP.A | |
| Frank Vandenbroucke | SP.A | |
| Anke Van dermeersch | Vlaams Belang | |
| Marie Arena | PS | |
| François Bellot | MR | |
| Hassan Bousetta | PS | |
| Armand De Decker | MR | |
| Francis Delpérée | cdH | |
| Willy Demeyer | PS | |
| Gérard Deprez | MR | |
| Paul Magnette | PS | |
| Vanessa Matz | cdH | |
| Jacky Morael | Ecolo | |
| Philippe Moureau | PS | |
| Claudia Niessen | Ecolo | |
| Fatiha Saïdi | PS | |
| Dominique Tilmans | MR | |
| Fabienne Winckel | PS |
By type
editSenators by Right
edit| Senator | Party | Office entered | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Philippe | No affiliation | June 21, 1994 | |
| Princess Astrid | No affiliation | November 20, 1996 | |
| Prince Laurent | No affiliation | May 31, 2000 |
Directly elected senators
editThey have taken the oath of office on July 6, 2010.
Dutch electoral college (25)edit
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French electoral college (15)edit
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Community Senators
editThey have taken the oath of office on July 13, 2010.
Flemish Community (10)edit
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French-speaking Community (10)edit
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German-speaking Community (1)
edit| Senator | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Siquet | PS |
Coopted Senators
editThey have taken the oath of office on July 20, 2010.
Dutch language group (6)edit
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French language group (4)edit
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By political party
edit
Dutch-speakingeditNew Flemish Alliance (14)edit
Christian Democratic & Flemish (7)edit
Socialist Party–Different (7)edit
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (6)edit
Flemish Interest (4 (−1))edit
Green (2)edit
Independent (1)edit
|
French-speakingeditSocialist Party (12/13)edit
German speaking:
Reformist Movement (8)edit
Ecolo (5)edit
Humanist Democratic Centre (4)edit
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Changed during the legislation
editSenators who chose not to sit
edit| Name | Party | Type | Date | Replacement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart De Wever | N-VA | Directly elected senator | 6 July 2010 | Patrick De Groote | Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on) | |
| Filip Dewinter | VB | Directly elected senator | 6 July 2010 | Yves Buysse | Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on) | |
| Louis Michel | MR | Directly elected senator | 6 July 2010 | Gérard Deprez | Stayed member of the European Parliament | |
| Helga Stevens | N-VA | Directly elected senator | 6 July 2010 | Frank Boogaerts | Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on) | |
| Marianne Thyssen | CD&V | Directly elected senator | 6 July 2010 | Dirk Claes | Stayed member of the European Parliament |
Senators who resigned
edit| Name | Party | Type | Date | Replacement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Geybels | N-VA | Directly elected senator | 31 August 2010 | Piet De Bruyn | Because of personal reasons | |
| Philippe Muyters | N-VA | Directly elected senator | 9 July 2010 | Luc Sevenhans | Stayed Flemish minister in Peeters II | |
| Frank Vandenbroucke | SP.A | Directly elected senator | 1 October 2011 | Fauzaya Talhaoui | ||
| Paul Magnette | PS | Directly elected senator | 5 December 2011 | Christie Morreale | Became federal minister in Di Rupo I | |
| Güler Turan | SP.A | Community senator | 22 December 2011 | Fatma Pehlivan | ||
| Marleen Temmerman | SP.A | Directly elected senator | 18 October 2012 | Leona Detiège | Became department head of WHO | |
| Peter Van Rompuy | CD&V | Coopted senator | December 2012 | Etienne Schouppe | Became member of the Flemish Parliament | |
| Bart Tommelein | Open VLD | Community senator | January 2013 | Jean-Jacques De Gucht | Became alderman in Ostend | |
| Liesbeth Homans | N-VA | Community senator | January 2013 | Vandaele or Jans | Became alderwoman in Antwerp | |
| Bart De Wever | N-VA | Community senator | January 2013 | Vandaele or Jans | Became mayor of Antwerp |
Notes
edit- ^ Resigned in 2013. Replaced by Els Van Hoof by 28 March 2013.
Sources
edit- "Huidige senatoren (alfabetisch)" (in Dutch). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- "Sénateurs actuels (alphabétique)" (in French). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- "Het Bureau" (in Dutch). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- "Le Bureau" (in French). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.