List of Belgian Senators

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This is a list of current members of the Belgian Senate arranged alphabetically by type, along with a list of the President of the Senate, the Vice-Presidents, the Quaestors and the floor leaders of the fractions in the Senate.

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[edit] Leadership

[edit] Presidents

Office Name Fraction
President of the Senate Anne-Marie Lizin PS
First Vice-President Staf Nimmegeers SP.A-SPIRIT
Second Vice-President Hugo Vandenberghe CD&V
Third Vice-President Jurgen Ceder Vlaams Belang

[edit] College of Quaestors

Office Name Fraction
President of the College of Quaestors Jeannine Leduc VLD
Quaestor Marie-Hélène Crombé-Berton MR
Quaestor André Van Nieuwkerke SP.A-SPIRIT

[edit] Floor Leaders

Name Fraction
Christian Brotcorne Centre Démocrate Humaniste
Sabine de Bethune Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams
Christine Defraigne Mouvement Réformateur
Isabelle Durant ÉCOLO
Philippe Mahoux Parti Socialiste
Joris Van Hauthem Vlaams Belang
Myriam Vanlerberghe SP.A-SPIRIT
Paul Wille Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten

[edit] List of current Senators

[edit] Senators by right

Name Since
HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant June 21, 1994
HI&RH Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este November 20, 1996
HRH Prince Laurent of Belgium May 31, 2000

[edit] Directly-elected Senators

Name Fraction Electoral college Since
Jihane Annane MR French electoral college 2004
Stéphanie Anseeuw VLD Dutch electoral college 2004
Wouter Beke CD&V Dutch electoral college 2004
Mimount Bousakla SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 2003
Yves Buysse Vlaams Belang Dutch electoral college 2001
Jurgen Ceder Vlaams Belang Dutch electoral college 1995
Jean-Marie Cheffert MR French electoral college 2004
Pierre Chevalier VLD Dutch electoral college 2003
Jean Cornil PS French electoral college 2001
Hugo Coveliers Independent (VLOTT)[1] Dutch electoral college 2003
Marie-Hélène Crombé-Berton MR French electoral college 2003
Sabine de Bethune CD&V Dutch electoral college 1995
Francis Detraux Independent[2] French electoral college 2003
Nathalie de T' Serclaes MR French electoral college 1999
Isabelle Durant ÉCOLO French electoral college 2003
Christel Geerts SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 2003
Jean-Marie Happart PS French electoral college 1991
Nele Jansegers Vlaams Belang Dutch electoral college 2004
Marie-José Laloy PS French electoral college 1999
Jeannine Leduc VLD Dutch electoral college 1993
Anne-Marie Lizin PS French electoral college 1995
Philippe Mahoux PS French electoral college 1990
Philippe Moureaux PS French electoral college 1999
Staf Nimmegeers SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 2003
Stefaan Noreilde VLD Dutch electoral college 2003
Clotilde Nyssens CDH French electoral college 1999
Luc Paque Independent (MR)[3] French electoral college 2003
Fatma Pehlivan SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 2001
Jan Steverlynck CD&V Dutch electoral college 2001
Erika Thijs CD&V Dutch electoral college 1995
Annemie Van De Casteele VLD Dutch electoral college 2003
Hugo Vandenberghe CD&V Dutch electoral college 1991
Lionel Vandenberghe SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 2003
Ludwig Vandenhove SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 2003
Anke Vandermeersch Vlaams Belang Dutch electoral college 2003
Patrik Vankrunkelsven VLD Dutch electoral college 1999
Myriam Vanlerberghe SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch electoral college 1999
Marc Van Peel CD&V Dutch electoral college 2003
Wim Verreycken Vlaams Belang Dutch electoral college 1989
Marc Wilmots MR French electoral college 2003

[edit] Community Senators

Name Fraction Community Parliament Since
Sfia Bouarfa PS Parliament of the French Community 2001
Christian Brotcorne CDH Parliament of the French Community 2003
Berni Collas MR (PFF)[4] Parliament of the German-speaking Community 2004
Jean-Marie Dedecker Independent[5] Flemish Parliament 1999
Christine Defraigne MR Parliament of the French Community 2003
Francis Delpérée CDH Parliament of the French Community 2004
Amina Derbaki Sbaï Independent (PS)[6] Parliament of the French Community 2003
Alain Destexhe MR Parliament of the French Community 1995
Josy Dubié ÉCOLO Parliament of the French Community 2005
Margriet Hermans VLD Flemish Parliament 2004
Jean-François Istasse PS Parliament of the French Community 1998
Joëlle Kapompolé PS Parliament of the French Community 2004
Flor Koninckx SP.A-SPIRIT Flemish Parliament 2004
Bart Martens SP.A-SPIRIT Flemish Parliament 2004
François Roelants du Vivier MR Parliament of the French Community 2000
Etienne Schouppe CD&V Flemish Parliament 2003
Luc Van Den Brande CD&V Flemish Parliament 1999
Joris Van Hauthem Vlaams Belang Flemish Parliament 1995
André Van Nieuwkerke SP.A-SPIRIT Flemish Parliament 2004
Karim Van Overmeire Vlaams Belang Flemish Parliament 2003
Paul Wille VLD Flemish Parliament 1999

[edit] Coopted Senators

Name Fraction Language group Since
Jacques Brotchi MR French language group 2004
Frank Creyelman Vlaams Belang Dutch language group 1999
Michel Delacroix Independent (FN)[7] French language group 2003
Jacinta De Roeck SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch language group 1999
Mia De Schamphelaere CD&V Dutch language group 1999
Pierre Galand PS French language group 2003
Nele Lijnen VLD Dutch language group 2006
Fauzaya Talhaoui SP.A-SPIRIT Dutch language group 2004
Luc Willems VLD Dutch language group 2003
Olga Zrihen PS French language group 2004

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Senator Hugo Coveliers founded a new political party known as VLOTT after he was expelled from the VLD.
  2. ^ Francis Detraux is the chairman of the Force Nationale, a small far right political party formed by dissidents of the Front National. Prior to that, he was a member of the FN fraction, that fraction ceased to exist when he left to found the Force Nationale.
  3. ^ Luc Paque originally was a member of the CDH Fraction. On February 3, 2004 he informed the President of the Senate that he had left that fraction. Since then he has become a member of the MR, but he remains an independent member of the Senate because directly-elected Senators can only join fractions in accordance with the lists on which they were elected.
  4. ^ Berni Collas is the Community Senator for the German-speaking Community and a member of the Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, which is a constituent member of the Mouvement Réformateur, hence he belongs to the MR Fraction in the Senate.
  5. ^ On November 17, 2006 it was announced that Jean-Marie Dedecker launched "Cassandra", which may be the first step towards a new right-wing liberal party, one month after he was expelled from the VLD.
  6. ^ Amina Derbaki Sbaï originally was a member of the MR Fraction. On January 15, 2004 she informed the President of the Senate that she had left that fraction. Since then she has become a member of the PS, but she remains an independent member of the Senate because Community Senators can only join the fraction for which they were appointed.
  7. ^ At the beginning of the legislature, Francis Detraux and Michel Delacroix together formed the FN Fraction in the Senate. On May 12, 2005 Francis Detraux informed the President of the Senate that the fraction had changed its name to "Force Nationale" (after the new party he founded). However, Michel Delacroix refused to be a part of a fraction under that name and continued to exercise his mandate under the name of "Front National". At that point, the FN Fraction ceased to exist and both Francis Detraux and Michel Delacroix became independen tmembers of the Senate. Michel Delacroix is the sole remaining FN Senator.

[edit] Sources

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