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List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2010–2014

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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

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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

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President and Vice-Presidents

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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

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

Floor leaders

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Floor leader Party
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

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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

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Senators by Right

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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

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

Community Senators

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

German-speaking Community (1)

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Senator Party
Louis Siquet PS

Coopted Senators

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

By political party

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Changed during the legislation

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Senators who chose not to sit

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Resigned in 2013. Replaced by Els Van Hoof [nl] by 28 March 2013.

Sources

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  • "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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