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

The composition is as follows:

• 29 senators appointed by the Flemish Parliament from the Flemish Parliament or from the Dutch language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
• 10 senators appointed by and from the Parliament of the French Community (which itself is composed of all members of the Walloon Parliament and some members of the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region)
• 8 senators appointed by and from the Parliament of Wallonia
• 2 senators appointed by and from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
• 1 senator appointed by and from the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
• 6 senators, co-opted by the 29 Dutch-speaking senators (divided on the basis of the election results of the House of Representatives)
• 4 senators, co-opted by the 20 French-speaking senators (idem)

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:

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

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	MR	Frans	Through and out of the Walloon Parliament	President of the Senate from 25 July 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	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  [ fr; nl ]	CD&V	Nederlands	Co-opted
Stijn De Roo  [ nl ]	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  [ nl ]	Vooruit	Nederlands	Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Burak Nalli  [ nl ]	Vooruit	Nederlands	Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Kelly Van Tendeloo  [ nl ]	Vooruit	Nederlands	Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Kris Verduyckt  [ fr; nl ]	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  [ nl ]	Groen	Nederlands	Through and out of the Flemish Parliament
Celia Groothedde  [ fr; nl ]	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  [ nl ]	Ecolo	Frans	By 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.