List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2010–14

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 for the senate as of 2010.

Seat division

PartySeats by typeTotal
Directly electedCommunityCoopted
New Flemish Alliance93214
Socialist Party44113
Reformist Movement4318
Christian Democratic and Flemish4217
Ecolo—Green!3317
Socialist Party–Different4217
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats4116
Ecolo2215
Flemish Interest3115
Humanist Democratic Centre22–4
Green!11–2
40211071

Bureau

President and Vice-Presidents

OfficeSenatorParty
PresidentDanny PietersN-VA
First Vice-President Willy Demeyer PS
Second Vice-President Armand De Decker MR
Third Vice-President Helga Stevens N-VA

College of Quaestors

QuaestorParty
Wouter Beke CD&V
Olga Zrihen PS
Bert Anciaux SP.A

Floor leaders

Floor leaderParty
Liesbeth Homans N-VA
Philippe Mahoux PS
Dominique Tilmans MR
Sabine de Bethune CD&V
Bart Tommelein Open VLD
Johan Vande Lanotte SP.A
Jacky Morael Ecolo/Groen!
Jurgen Ceder Vlaams Belang
Francis Delpérée CDH

Alphabetically

SenatorParty
Bert AnciauxSP.A
Wouter BekeCD&V
Frank BoogaertsN-VA
Yves Buysse ← Dewinter Vlaams Belang
Jurgen CederVlaams Belang
Rik DaemsOpen VLD
Sabine de BethuneCD&V
Alexander De CrooOpen VLD
Patrick De Groote ← De WeverN-VA
Inge FaesN-VA
Piet De Bruyne ← GeybelsN-VA
Louis IdeN-VA
Nele LijnenOpen VLD
Lieve MaesN-VA
Danny PietersN-VA
Freya PirynsGroen!
Luc SevenhansN-VA
Elke SleursN-VA
Dirk SterckxOpen VLD
Marleen TemmermanSP.A
Marianne ThyssenCD&V
Rik Torfs[1]CD&V
Johan Vande LanotteSP.A
Frank VandenbrouckeSP.A
Anke Van dermeerschVlaams Belang
Marie ArenaPS
François BellotMR
Hassan BousettaPS
Armand De DeckerMR
Francis DelpéréecdH
Willy DemeyerPS
Gérard DeprezMR
Paul MagnettePS
Vanessa MatzcdH
Jacky MoraelEcolo
Philippe MoureauPS
Claudia NiessenEcolo
Fatiha SaïdiPS
Dominique TilmansMR
Fabienne WinckelPS

By type

Senators by Right

SenatorPartyOffice entered
Prince PhilippeNo affiliationJune 21, 1994
Princess AstridNo affiliationNovember 20, 1996
Prince LaurentNo affiliationMay 31, 2000

Directly elected senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 6, 2010.

Community Senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 13, 2010.

German-speaking Community (1)

SenatorParty
Louis SiquetPS

Coopted Senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 20, 2010.

By political party

Changed during the legislation

Senators who chose not to sit

NamePartyTypeDateReplacementNotes
Bart De WeverN-VADirectly elected senator6 July 2010Patrick De GrooteStayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Filip DewinterVBDirectly elected senator6 July 2010Yves BuysseStayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Louis MichelMRDirectly elected senator6 July 2010Gérard DeprezStayed member of the European Parliament
Helga StevensN-VADirectly elected senator6 July 2010Frank BoogaertsStayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Marianne ThyssenCD&VDirectly elected senator6 July 2010Dirk ClaesStayed member of the European Parliament

Senators who resigned

NamePartyTypeDateReplacementNotes
Kim GeybelsN-VADirectly elected senator31 August 2010Piet De BruynBecause of personal reasons
Philippe MuytersN-VADirectly elected senator9 July 2010Luc SevenhansStayed Flemish minister in Peeters II
Frank VandenbrouckeSP.ADirectly elected senator1 October 2011Fauzaya Talhaoui
Paul MagnettePSDirectly elected senator5 December 2011Christie MorrealeBecame federal minister in Di Rupo I
Güler TuranSP.ACommunity senator22 December 2011Fatma Pehlivan
Marleen TemmermanSP.ADirectly elected senator18 October 2012Leona DetiègeBecame departement head of WHO
Peter Van RompuyCD&VCoopted senatorDecember 2012Etienne SchouppeBecame member of the Flemish Parliament
Bart TommeleinOpen VLDCommunity senatorJanuary 2013Jean-Jacques De GuchtBecame alderman in Ostend
Liesbeth HomansN-VACommunity senatorJanuary 2013Vandaele or JansBecame alderwoman in Antwerp
Bart De WeverN-VACommunity senatorJanuary 2013Vandaele or JansBecame mayor of Antwerp

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned in 2013. Replaced by Els Van Hoof by 28 March 2013.

Sources

  • "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.


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