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

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

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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

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

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:

FractionState SenatorsCo-optedTotal
N-VA 8210
MR 819
Vlaams Belang 718
PS 516
PVDA-PTB 516
Les Engagés 415
CD&V 415
Vooruit 40*4
Open Vld 213
Ecolo-Groen 303

List of senators

SenatorPartyLanguage groupDesignationComments
Inge Brocken N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
An Capoen N-VANederlandsCo-opted
Arnout Coel N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Koenraad Dillen N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Andries Gryffroy N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish ParliamentVice-chairman.
Sander Loones N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Andy Pieters N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Nadia Sminate N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Karl Vanlouwe N-VANederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish ParliamentChairman of the N-VA faction.
Gilles Verstraeten N-VANederlandsCo-optedBureau member.
Valérie De Bue MRFransThrough and out of the Walloon ParliamentPresident of the Senate from 25 July 2024.
Philippe Dodrimont  [ fr; nl ]MRFransThrough and out of the Walloon Parliament
Anne Charlotte d'Ursel  [ fr; nl ]MRFransBy and from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Marie-Christine Marghem MRFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Viviane Teitelbaum  [ fr; nl ]MRFransCo-opted
Stéphanie Thoron  [ fr; nl ]MRFransThrough and out of the Walloon Parliament
Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven MRFransBy and from the Parliament of the French CommunityChairman of the MR faction.
Jean-Paul Wahl  [ fr; nl ]MRFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Liesa Scholzen  [ fr; nl ]ProDGGermanBy and from the Parliament of the German-speaking CommunityProDG forms a technical faction with the MR.
Yves Buysse Vlaams BelangNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish ParliamentVice-chairman.
Bob De Brabandere Vlaams BelangNederlandsBy the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Johan Deckmyn Vlaams BelangNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Ilse Malfroot Vlaams BelangNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Klaas Slootmans Vlaams BelangNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish ParliamentChairman of the Vlaams Belang faction from 25 July 2024.
Anke Van dermeersch Vlaams BelangNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Wim Verheyden Vlaams BelangNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Hans Verreyt Vlaams BelangNederlandsCo-opted
Malik Ben Achour  [ fr; nl ]PSFransCo-optedBureau member.
Nadia El Yousfi  [ fr; nl ]PSFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Hasan Koyuncu  [ fr; nl ]PSFransBy and from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Anne Lambelin PSFransThrough and out of the Walloon ParliamentChairman of the PS faction from 25 July 2024.
Özlem Özen  [ fr; nl ]PSFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Thierry Witsel  [ fr; nl ]PSFransThrough and out of the Walloon Parliament
Jamila Ammi  [ fr; nl ]PVDA-PTBFransThrough and out of the Walloon Parliament
Alice Bernard  [ fr; nl ]PVDA-PTBFransBy and from the Parliament of the French CommunityChairman of the PVDA-PTB faction from 25 July 2024.
Debby Burssens  [ fr; nl ]PVDA-PTBNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Antonio Cocciolo  [ fr; nl ]PVDA-PTBFransCo-opted
Raf Van Gestel  [ fr; nl ]PVDA-PTBNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Patricia Van Walle  [ fr; nl ]PVDA-PTBFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Vincent Blondel Les EngagésFransThrough and out of the Walloon Parliament
Caroline Desalle  [ fr; nl ]Les EngagésFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Moussa Diallo Elhadj Les EngagésFransBy the Parliament of the French Community from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
Anne-Catherine Goffinet  [ fr; nl ]Les EngagésFransThrough and out of the Walloon ParliamentFrom 25 July 2024, president of the Les Engagés faction.
Marie-Claire Mvumbi Les EngagésFransCo-opted
Benjamin Dalle CD&VNederlandsBy the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Brussels Capital Region ParliamentChairman of the CD&V faction from 25 July 2024.
Bianca Debaets  [ fr; nl ]CD&VNederlandsCo-opted
Stijn De Roo  [ nl ]CD&VNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Joke Schauvliege CD&VNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Peter Van Rompuy CD&VNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Nawal Maghroud  [ nl ]VooruitNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Burak Nalli  [ nl ]VooruitNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Kelly Van Tendeloo  [ nl ]VooruitNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Kris Verduyckt  [ fr; nl ]VooruitNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish ParliamentChairman of the Vooruit faction from 25 July 2024.
Stephanie D'Hose Open VldNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish ParliamentChairman of the Open Vld faction from 25 July 2024.
Goedele Liekens Open VldNederlandsCo-opted
Tom Ongena Open VldNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Fourat Ben Chikha  [ nl ]GroenNederlandsThrough and out of the Flemish Parliament
Celia Groothedde  [ fr; nl ]GroenNederlandsBy the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Brussels Capital Region ParliamentChairman of the Ecolo-Groen faction from 25 July 2024.
Hajib El Hajjaji  [ nl ]EcoloFransBy and from the Parliament of the French Community

References

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