List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2024–2029

The list of members of the Belgian Senate from 2024 to 2029.[1]

In principle, the Senate consists of 50 state senators (29 Dutch-speaking, 20 French-speaking and 1 German-speaking) and 10 co-opted senators (6 Dutch-speaking and 4 French-speaking).

The legislature started on 18 July 2024 following the Belgian federal election. The opening session of the Senate was chaired by Jean-Paul Wahl [fr] (MR), the oldest member in years, who was assisted in this task by the youngest senators, Liesa Scholzen [fr] (ProDG) and Nawal Maghroud [fr] (Vooruit), who acted as secretary.[2]

Composition

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The composition is as follows:

In total, the Senate will in principle have 60 senators: 35 Dutch-speaking, 24 French-speaking and 1 German-speaking.

Fractions

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With the exception of the German-speaking state senator (elected by the Parliament of the German-speaking Community), the Senate seats are distributed among the parties on the basis of the election results for the state parliaments (for the state senators) and for the Chamber (for the co-opted senators). At the start of the legislature, the distribution among the parties is as follows:

Fraction State Senators Co-opted Total
N-VA 8 2 10
MR 8 1 9
Vlaams Belang 7 1 8
PS 5 1 6
PVDA-PTB 5 1 6
Les Engagés 4 1 5
CD&V 4 1 5
Vooruit 4 0* 4
Open Vld 2 1 3
Ecolo-Groen 3 0 3
  • The Vooruit party has decided not to fill its co-opted senatorial seat, to which it was entitled, because the party is in favour of abolishing the Senate. This will leave a total of only 59 senators.

List of senators

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Senator Party Language group Designation Comments
Inge Brocken N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
An Capoen N-VA Nederlands Co-opted
Arnout Coel N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Koenraad Dillen N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Andries Gryffroy N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament Vice-chairman.
Sander Loones N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Andy Pieters N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Nadia Sminate N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Karl Vanlouwe N-VA Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament Chairman of the N-VA faction.
Gilles Verstraeten N-VA Nederlands Co-opted Bureau member.
Valérie De Bue [fr; nl] MR Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament President of the Senate from July 25, 2024.
Philippe Dodrimont [fr; nl] MR Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament
Anne Charlotte d'Ursel [fr; nl] MR Frans By and from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Marie-Christine Marghem MR Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community
Viviane Teitelbaum [fr; nl] MR Frans Co-opted
Stéphanie Thoron [fr; nl] MR Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament
Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven MR Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community Chairman of the MR faction.
Jean-Paul Wahl [fr; nl] MR Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community
Liesa Scholzen [fr; nl] ProDG German By and from the Parliament of the German-speaking Community ProDG forms a technical faction with the MR.
Yves Buysse Vlaams Belang Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament Vice-chairman.
Bob De Brabandere Vlaams Belang Nederlands By the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Johan Deckmyn Vlaams Belang Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Ilse Malfroot Vlaams Belang Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Klaas Slootmans Vlaams Belang Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament Chairman of the Vlaams Belang faction from 25 July 2024.
Anke Van dermeersch Vlaams Belang Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Wim Verheyden Vlaams Belang Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Hans Verreyt Vlaams Belang Nederlands Co-opted
Malik Ben Achour [fr; nl] PS Frans Co-opted Bureau member.
Nadia El Yousfi [fr; nl] PS Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community
Hasan Koyuncu [fr; nl] PS Frans By and from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Anne Lambelin [fr; nl] PS Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament Chairman of the PS faction from 25 July 2024.
Özlem Özen [fr; nl] PS Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community
Thierry Witsel [fr; nl] PS Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament
Jamila Ammi [fr; nl] PVDA-PTB Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament
Alice Bernard [fr; nl] PVDA-PTB Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community Chairman of the PVDA-PTB faction from 25 July 2024.
Debby Burssens [fr; nl] PVDA-PTB Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Antonio Cocciolo [fr; nl] PVDA-PTB Frans Co-opted
Raf Van Gestel [fr; nl] PVDA-PTB Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Patricia Van Walle [fr; nl] PVDA-PTB Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community
Vincent Blondel Les Engagés Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament
Caroline Desalle [fr; nl] Les Engagés Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community
Moussa Diallo Elhadj Les Engagés Frans By the Parliament of the French Community from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Anne-Catherine Goffinet [fr; nl] Les Engagés Frans Through and out of the Walloon Parliament From 25 July 2024, president of the Les Engagés faction.
Marie-Claire Mvumbi Les Engagés Frans Co-opted
Benjamin Dalle CD&V Nederlands By the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament Chairman of the CD&V faction from 25 July 2024.
Bianca Debaets CD&V Nederlands Co-opted
Stijn De Roo CD&V Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Joke Schauvliege CD&V Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Peter Van Rompuy CD&V Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Nawal Maghroud Vooruit Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Burak Nalli Vooruit Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Kelly Van Tendeloo Vooruit Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Kris Verduyckt Vooruit Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament Chairman of the Vooruit faction from 25 July 2024.
Stephanie D'Hose Open Vld Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament Chairman of the Open Vld faction from 25 July 2024.
Goedele Liekens Open Vld Nederlands Co-opted
Tom Ongena Open Vld Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Fourat Ben Chikha Groen Nederlands Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Celia Groothedde Groen Nederlands By the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament Chairman of the Ecolo-Groen faction from 25 July 2024.
Hajib El Hajjaji Ecolo Frans By and from the Parliament of the French Community

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to the Belgian Senate". www.senate.be. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  2. ^ "Vooruit Kortrijk sterk vertegenwoordigd op nationale lijsten Vooruit". Vooruit nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-08-13.