This is the list of Belgian Senators [1] from 2007 until the federal election of 2010, which was the 52nd legislature of the Senate.
Party | Seats by type | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Directly elected | Community | Coopted | |||
Christian Democratic and Flemish — New Flemish Alliance | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
Christian Democratic and Flemish | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
Reformist Movement | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
Socialist Party | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
Flemish Interest | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Ecolo—Green! | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Socialist Party–Different | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Ecolo | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Humanist Democratic Centre | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
New Flemish Alliance | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
Green! | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
List Dedecker | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
National Front | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
40 | 21 | 10 | 71 |
Office | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
President | Armand De Decker | MR | |
First Vice-President | Hugo Vandenberghe | CD&V | |
Second Vice-President | Marc Verwilghen → G. Verhofstadt | Open VLD | |
Third Vice-President | Yves Buysse | Vlaams Belang |
Quaestor | Party | |
---|---|---|
Myriam Vanlerberghe → A. Van Nieuwkerke → G. Lambert | SP.A | |
Tony Van Parys → E. Schouppe | CD&V | |
Olga Zrihen → A-M. Lizin | PS |
Floor leader | Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|
Sabine de Bethune | CD&V | 12 | |
Dominique Tilmans → C. Defraigne | MR | 10 | |
Bart Tommelein → P. Wille | Open VLD | 9 | |
Philippe Mahoux | PS | 8/9 | |
José Daras → I. Durant | Ecolo/Groen! | 8 | |
Jurgen Ceder → J. Van Hauthem | Vlaams Belang | 8 | |
Johan Vande Lanotte → M. Vanlerberghe | SP.A | 6 | |
Francis Delpérée | cdH | 5 |
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 |
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