List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2014–19
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This is a list of members of the Belgian Senate, arranged alphabetically by type. This is the current, 54th legislature. This is the first legislature following the sixth Belgian state reform, which abolished direct elections for the Senate and reduced its powers.
Contents
Seat division
Party | Seats by type | Total | ||
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Community | Co-opted | |||
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
Socialist Party (PS) | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Reformist Movement (MR) | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Socialist Party–Different (sp.a) | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Ecolo | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Green (Groen) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) | 2 | — | 2 | |
German-speaking Community | 1 | — | 1 | |
50 | 10 | 60 |
List
Changes during the legislature
- Bianca Debaets (CD&V), who became in July 2014 state secretary in the Brussels Government, was replaced by Brigitte Grouwels (the previous CD&V member of the Brussels Government) as senator.
- Geert Bourgeois, Philippe Muyters and Ben Weyts (N-VA) became ministers of the Flemish Government in July 2014 and were therefore replaced as senators for the Flemish Parliament by respectively Piet De Bruyn, Andries Gryffroy and Jan Van Esbroeck.
- Christophe Lacroix (PS) became minister of the Walloon Government juli 2014 and was therefore replaced as co-opted senator by Philippe Mahoux.
- Elke Sleurs (N-VA) became state-secretary in the federal government Michel Government and will therefore be replaced as senator for the Flemish Parliament, with the successor still to be named.
Bureau
President and Vice-Presidents
Office | Senator | Party | |
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First Vice-President | |||
Second Vice-President | |||
Third Vice-President |
College of Quaestors
Quaestor | Party | |
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Floor leaders
Floor leader | Party | |
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