List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2014–2019
This is a list of members of the Belgian Senate, arranged alphabetically by type, during the 54th legislature from 2014 until 2019. This was the first legislature following the sixth Belgian state reform, which abolished direct elections for the Senate and reduced its powers.
Seat division
Party | Seats by type | Total | ||
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Community | Co-opted | |||
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
Socialist Party (PS) | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Reformist Movement (MR) | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Socialist Party–Different (sp.a) | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Ecolo | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Green (Groen) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) | 2 | — | 2 | |
German-speaking Community | 1 | — | 1 | |
50 | 10 | 60 |
List
Senator | Party | Language group | Appointment |
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Bert Anciaux | sp.a | Dutch | Co-opted |
Anne Barzin | MR | French | Co-opted |
Christophe Bastin [nl] | cdH | French | Co-opted |
Jan Becaus | N-VA | Dutch | Co-opted |
Geert Bourgeois | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Jacques Brotchi | MR | French | By and from the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region |
Karin Brouwers | CD&V | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Ann Brusseel | Open Vld | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Sonja Claes | CD&V | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Cathy Coudyser | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Rik Daems | Open Vld | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Sabine de Bethune | CD&V | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Valérie De Bue | MR | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Jean-Jacques De Gucht | Open Vld | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Annick De Ridder | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Petra De Sutter | Groen | Dutch | Co-opted |
Christine Defraigne | MR | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
François Desquesnes | cdH | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Alain Destexhe | MR | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Olivier Destrebecq | MR | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Guy D'haeseleer | Vlaams Belang | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Nadia El Yousfi | PS | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Yves Evrard | MR | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Cindy Franssen | CD&V | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Latifa Gahouchi | PS | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Brigitte Grouwels1 | CD&V | Dutch | By the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region |
Philippe Henry | Ecolo | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Véronique Jamoulle | PS | French | By and from the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region |
Christophe Lacroix | PS | French | Co-opted |
Anne Lambelin | PS | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Ingrid Lieten | sp.a | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Lieve Maes | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Bertin Mampaka Mankamba | cdH | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Elisabeth Meuleman | Groen | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Alexander Miesen | PFF | German | By and from the Parliament of the German-speaking Community |
Christie Morreale | PS | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Philippe Muyters | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Jan Peumans | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Patrick Prévot | PS | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Hélène Ryckmans | Ecolo | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Katia Segers | sp.a | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Elke Sleurs | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Martine Taelman | Open Vld | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Cécile Thibaut | Ecolo | French | Co-opted |
Güler Turan | sp.a | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Wouter Van Besien | Groen | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Pol Van Den Driessche | N-VA | Dutch | Co-opted |
Anke Van dermeersch | Vlaams Belang | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Bart Van Malderen | sp.a | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Peter Van Rompuy | CD&V | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Steven Vanackere | CD&V | Dutch | Co-opted |
Wilfried Vandaele | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Karl Vanlouwe | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Lode Vereeck | Open Vld | Dutch | Co-opted |
Johan Verstreken | CD&V | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Christiane Vienne | PS | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Jean-Paul Wahl | MR | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Véronique Waroux | cdH | French | By and from the Parliament of the French Community |
Ben Weyts | N-VA | Dutch | By and from the Flemish Parliament |
Olga Zrihen | PS | French | By and from the Walloon Parliament |
Changes during the legislature
- Bianca Debaets (CD&V), who became in July 2014 state secretary in the Brussels Government, was replaced by Brigitte Grouwels (the previous CD&V member of the Brussels Government) as senator.
- Geert Bourgeois, Philippe Muyters and Ben Weyts (N-VA) became ministers of the Flemish Government in July 2014 and were therefore replaced as senators for the Flemish Parliament by respectively Piet De Bruyn, Andries Gryffroy and Jan Van Esbroeck.
- Christophe Lacroix (PS) became minister of the Walloon Government juli 2014 and was therefore replaced as co-opted senator by Philippe Mahoux.
- Elke Sleurs (N-VA) became state-secretary in the federal government Michel Government and will therefore be replaced as senator for the Flemish Parliament, with the successor still to be named.
Bureau
President and Vice-Presidents
Office | Senator | Party | |
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Second Vice-President | |||
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College of Quaestors
Quaestor | Party | |
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