President of the Senate (Netherlands)

Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The President of the Senate of the Netherlands (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal) is one of the 75 members of the Senate and is elected to lead the meetings of the Senate.

The current President of the Senate has been Ankie Broekers-Knol of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since July 2, 2013.

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