List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2010–14

This is a list of members of the Belgian Senate during the 53rd legislature, after the elections of 2010. They are arranged alphabetically by type.

Seat division for the senate as of 2010.

Seat division

Party	Seats by type			Total
Party	Directly elected	Community	Coopted	Total
New Flemish Alliance	9	3	2	14
Socialist Party	4	4	1	13
Reformist Movement	4	3	1	8
Christian Democratic and Flemish	4	2	1	7
Ecolo—Green!	3	3	1	7
Socialist Party–Different	4	2	1	7
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	4	1	1	6
Ecolo	2	2	1	5
Flemish Interest	3	1	1	5
Humanist Democratic Centre	2	2	–	4
Green!	1	1	–	2
	40	21	10	71

Bureau

President and Vice-Presidents

Office	Senator	Party
President	Danny Pieters	N-VA
First Vice-President	Willy Demeyer	PS
Second Vice-President	Armand De Decker	MR
Third Vice-President	Helga Stevens	N-VA

College of Quaestors

	Quaestor	Party
	Wouter Beke	CD&V
	Olga Zrihen	PS
	Bert Anciaux	SP.A

Floor leaders

	Floor leader	Party
	Liesbeth Homans	N-VA
	Philippe Mahoux	PS
	Dominique Tilmans	MR
	Sabine de Bethune	CD&V
	Bart Tommelein	Open VLD
	Johan Vande Lanotte	SP.A
	Jacky Morael	Ecolo/Groen!
	Jurgen Ceder	Vlaams Belang
	Francis Delpérée	CDH

Alphabetically

	Senator	Party
	Anciaux, BertBert Anciaux	SP.A
	Beke, WouterWouter Beke	CD&V
	Boogaerts, FrankFrank Boogaerts	N-VA
	Buysse, YvesYves Buysse ← Dewinter	Vlaams Belang
	Ceder, JurgenJurgen Ceder	Vlaams Belang
	Daems, RikRik Daems	Open VLD
	de Bethune, SabineSabine de Bethune	CD&V
	De Croo, AlexanderAlexander De Croo	Open VLD
	De Groote, PatrickPatrick De Groote ← De Wever	N-VA
	Faes, IngeInge Faes	N-VA
	De Bruyne, PietPiet De Bruyne ← Geybels	N-VA
	Ide, LouisLouis Ide	N-VA
	Lijnen, NeleNele Lijnen	Open VLD
	Maes, LieveLieve Maes	N-VA
	Pieters, DannyDanny Pieters	N-VA
	Piryns, FreyaFreya Piryns	Groen!
	Sevenhans, LucLuc Sevenhans	N-VA
	Sleurs, ElkeElke Sleurs	N-VA
	Sterckx, DirkDirk Sterckx	Open VLD
	Temmerman, MarleenMarleen Temmerman	SP.A
	Thyssen, MarianneMarianne Thyssen	CD&V
	Torfs, RikRik Torfs^[1]	CD&V
	Vande Lanotte, JohanJohan Vande Lanotte	SP.A
	Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke	SP.A
	Van dermeersch, AnkeAnke Van dermeersch	Vlaams Belang
	Arena, MarieMarie Arena	PS
	Bellot, FrançoisFrançois Bellot	MR
	Bousetta, HassanHassan Bousetta	PS
	De Decker, ArmandArmand De Decker	MR
	Delpérée, FrancisFrancis Delpérée	cdH
	Demeyer, WillyWilly Demeyer	PS
	Deprez, GérardGérard Deprez	MR
	Magnette, PaulPaul Magnette	PS
	Matz, VanessaVanessa Matz	cdH
	Morael, JackyJacky Morael	Ecolo
	Moureau, PhilippePhilippe Moureau	PS
	Niessen, ClaudiaClaudia Niessen	Ecolo
	Saïdi, FatihaFatiha Saïdi	PS
	Tilmans, DominiqueDominique Tilmans	MR
	Winckel, FabienneFabienne Winckel	PS

By type

Senators by Right

Senator	Party	Office entered
Prince Philippe	No affiliation	000000001994-06-21-0000June 21, 1994
Princess Astrid	No affiliation	000000001996-11-20-0000November 20, 1996
Prince Laurent	No affiliation	000000002000-05-31-0000May 31, 2000

Directly elected senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 6, 2010.

Dutch electoral college (25)

	Senator	Party
	Anciaux, BertBert Anciaux	SP.A
	Beke, WouterWouter Beke	CD&V
	Boogaerts, FrankFrank Boogaerts	N-VA
	Buysse, YvesYves Buysse ← Dewinter	VB
	Ceder, JurgenJurgen Ceder	VB
	Claes, DirkDirk Claes ← Thyssen	CD&V
	Daems, RikRik Daems	Open VLD
	de Bethune, SabineSabine de Bethune	CD&V
	De Croo, AlexanderAlexander De Croo	Open VLD
	De Groote, PatrickPatrick De Groote ← De Wever	N-VA
	Faes, IngeInge Faes	N-VA
	Geybels, KimKim Geybels (resigned)	N-VA
	Ide, LouisLouis Ide	N-VA
	Lijnen, NeleNele Lijnen	Open VLD
	Maes, LieveLieve Maes	N-VA
	Muyters, PhilippePhilippe Muyters (resigned)	N-VA
	Pieters, DannyDanny Pieters	N-VA
	Piryns, FreyaFreya Piryns	Groen
	Sleurs, ElkeElke Sleurs	N-VA
	Sterckx, DirkDirk Sterckx	Open VLD
	Temmerman, MarleenMarleen Temmerman (resigned)	SP.A
	Torfs, RikRik Torfs	CD&V
	Vande Lanotte, JohanJohan Vande Lanotte (resigned)	SP.A
	Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke (resigned)	SP.A
	Van dermeersch, AnkeAnke Van dermeersch	VB

French electoral college (15)

	Senator	Party
	Arena, MarieMarie Arena	PS
	Bellot, FrançoisFrançois Bellot	MR
	Bousetta, HassanHassan Bousetta	PS
	De Decker, ArmandArmand De Decker	MR
	Delpérée, FrancisFrancis Delpérée	cdH
	Demeyer, WillyWilly Demeyer	PS
	Deprez, GérardGérard Deprez ← Michel	MR
	Magnette, PaulPaul Magnette	PS
	Matz, VanessaVanessa Matz	cdH
	Morael, JackyJacky Morael	Ecolo
	Moureau, PhilippePhilippe Moureau	PS
	Niessen, ClaudiaClaudia Niessen	Ecolo
	Saïdi, FatihaFatiha Saïdi	PS
	Tilmans, DominiqueDominique Tilmans	MR
	Winckel, FabienneFabienne Winckel	PS

Community Senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 13, 2010.

Flemish Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	De Wever, BartBart De Wever (resigned)	N-VA
	Dewinter, FilipFilip Dewinter	VB
	Durnez, JanJan Durnez	CD&V
	Franssen, CindyCindy Franssen	CD&V
	Homans, LiesbethLiesbeth Homans (resigned)	N-VA
	Sannen, LudoLudo Sannen	SP.A
	Stevens, HelgaHelga Stevens	N-VA
	Tommelein, BartBart Tommelein (resigned)	Open VLD
	Turan, GülerGüler Turan	SP.A
	Vogels, MiekeMieke Vogels	Groen

French-speaking Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	Brotchi, JacquesJacques Brotchi	MR
	Cheron, MarcelMarcel Cheron	Ecolo
	Defraigne, ChristineChristine Defraigne	MR
	du Bus de Warnaffe, AndréAndré du Bus de Warnaffe	cdH
	Khattabi, ZakiaZakia Khattabi	Ecolo
	Désir, CarolineCaroline Désir	PS
	Targniom, MurielMuriel Targniom	PS
	Zrihen, OlgaOlga Zrihen	PS
	Miller, RichardRichard Miller	MR
	Foudry, DimitriDimitri Foudry	cdH

German-speaking Community (1)

	Senator	Party
	Siquet, LouisLouis Siquet	PS

Coopted Senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 20, 2010.

Dutch language group (6)

	Senator	Party
	Broers, HuubHuub Broers	N-VA
	De Padt, GuidoGuido De Padt	Open VLD
	Laeremans, BartBart Laeremans	VB
	Swennen, GuyGuy Swennen	SP.A
	Van Rompuy, PeterPeter Van Rompuy (resigned)	CD&V
	Vanlouwe, KarlKarl Vanlouwe	N-VA

French language group (4)

	Senator	Party
	Courtois, AlainAlain Courtois	MR
	Laaouej, AhmedAhmed Laaouej	PS
	Mahoux, PhilippePhilippe Mahoux	PS
	Thibaut, CécileCécile Thibaut	Ecolo

By political party

Dutch-speaking

New Flemish Alliance (14)

	Senator	Type
	Boogaerts, FrankFrank Boogaerts ← Stevens	Directly elected
	Ceder, JurgenJurgen Ceder	Directly elected
	De Groote, PatrickPatrick De Groote ← De Wever	Directly elected
	Faes, IngeInge Faes	Directly elected
	De Bruyn, PietPiet De Bruyn ← Geybels	Directly elected
	Ide, LouisLouis Ide	Directly elected
	Maes, LieveLieve Maes	Directly elected
	Pieters, DannyDanny Pieters	Directly elected
	Sevenhans, LucLuc Sevenhans ← Muyters	Directly elected
	Sleurs, ElkeElke Sleurs	Directly elected
	De Wever, BartBart De Wever	Community
	Homans, LiesbethLiesbeth Homans (fraction leader, 2010–2013)	Community
	Stevens, HelgaHelga Stevens	Community
	Broers, HuubHuub Broers (fraction leader, 2013–present)	Coopted
	Vanlouwe, KarlKarl Vanlouwe	Coopted

Christian Democratic & Flemish (7)

	Senator	Type
	Beke, WouterWouter Beke	Directly elected
	Claes, DirkDirk Claes ← Thyssen (fraction leader)	Directly elected
	de Bethune, SabineSabine de Bethune	Directly elected
	Torfs, RikRik Torfs	Directly elected
	Durnez, JanJan Durnez	Community
	Franssen, CindyCindy Franssen	Community
	Van Rompuy, PeterPeter Van Rompuy	Coopted

Socialist Party–Different (7)

	Senator	Type
	Anciaux, BertBert Anciaux (fraction leader)	Directly elected
	Detiège, LeonaLeona Detiège (October 2012) ← Temmerman	Directly elected
	Vande Lanotte, JohanJohan Vande Lanotte	Directly elected
	Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke	Directly elected
	Sannen, LudoLudo Sannen	Community
	Turan, GülerGüler Turan	Community
	Swennen, GuyGuy Swennen	Coopted

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (6)

	Senator	Type
	Daems, RikRik Daems	Directly elected
	De Croo, AlexanderAlexander De Croo	Directly elected
	Lijnen, NeleNele Lijnen	Directly elected
	Taelman, MartineMartine Taelman ← Sterckx	Directly elected
	Tommelein, BartBart Tommelein (fraction leader)	Community
	De Padt, GuidoGuido De Padt	Coopted

Flemish Interest (4 (−1))

	Senator	Type
	Buysse, YvesYves Buysse ← Dewinter	Directly elected
	Van dermeersch, AnkeAnke Van dermeersch (fraction leader)	Directly elected
	Dewinter, FilipFilip Dewinter	Community
	Laeremans, BartBart Laeremans	Coopted

Green (2)

	Senator	Type
	Piryns, FreyaFreya Piryns (fraction leader)	Directly elected
	Vogels, MiekeMieke Vogels	Community

Independent (1)

	Senator	Type
	Ceder, JurgenJurgen Ceder (since 2012)	Directly elected

French-speaking

Socialist Party (12/13)

	Senator	Type
	Arena, MarieMarie Arena	Directly elected
	Bousetta, HassanHassan Bousetta	Directly elected
	Demeyer, WillyWilly Demeyer	Directly elected
	Morreale, ChristieChristie Morreale ← Magnette	Directly elected
	Moureaux, PhilippePhilippe Moureaux	Directly elected
	Saïdi, FatihaFatiha Saïdi	Directly elected
	Winckel, FabienneFabienne Winckel	Directly elected
	Désir, CarolineCaroline Désir	Community
	Targnion, MurielMuriel Targnion	Community
	Zrihen, OlgaOlga Zrihen	Community
	Laaouej, AhmedAhmed Laaouej	Coopted
	Mahoux, PhilippePhilippe Mahoux (fraction leader)	Coopted

German speaking:

	Senator	Type
	Siquet, LouisLouis Siquet	Community

Reformist Movement (8)

	Senator	Type
	Bellot, FrançoisFrançois Bellot	Directly elected
	De Decker, ArmandArmand De Decker	Directly elected
	Deprez, GerardGerard Deprez ← Michel	Directly elected
	Tilmans, DominiqueDominique Tilmans	Directly elected
	Brotchi, JacquesJacques Brotchi	Community
	Defraigne, ChristineChristine Defraigne (fraction leader)	Community
	Miller, RichardRichard Miller	Community
	Courtois, AlainAlain Courtois	Coopted

Ecolo (5)

	Senator	Type
	Morael, JackyJacky Morael	Directly elected
	Niessen, ClaudiaClaudia Niessen	Directly elected
	Cheron, MarcelMarcel Cheron	Community
	Khattabi, ZakiaZakia Khattabi (fraction leader)	Community
	Thibaut, CécileCécile Thibaut	Coopted

Humanist Democratic Centre (4)

	Senator	Type
	Delpérée, FrancisFrancis Delpérée (fraction leader)	Directly elected
	Matz, VanessaVanessa Matz	Directly elected
	du Bus de Warnaffe, AndréAndré du Bus de Warnaffe	Community
	Fourny, DimitriDimitri Fourny	Community

Changed during the legislation

Senators who chose not to sit

Name	Party	Type	Date	Replacement	Notes
Bart De Wever	N-VA	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Patrick De Groote	Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Filip Dewinter	VB	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Yves Buysse	Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Louis Michel	MR	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Gérard Deprez	Stayed member of the European Parliament
Helga Stevens	N-VA	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Frank Boogaerts	Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Marianne Thyssen	CD&V	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Dirk Claes	Stayed member of the European Parliament

Senators who resigned

Name	Party	Type	Date	Replacement	Notes
Kim Geybels	N-VA	Directly elected senator	31 August 2010	Piet De Bruyn	Because of personal reasons
Philippe Muyters	N-VA	Directly elected senator	9 July 2010	Luc Sevenhans	Stayed Flemish minister in Peeters II
Frank Vandenbroucke	SP.A	Directly elected senator	1 October 2011	Fauzaya Talhaoui
Paul Magnette	PS	Directly elected senator	5 December 2011	Christie Morreale	Became federal minister in Di Rupo I
Güler Turan	SP.A	Community senator	22 December 2011	Fatma Pehlivan
Marleen Temmerman	SP.A	Directly elected senator	18 October 2012	Leona Detiège	Became departement head of WHO
Peter Van Rompuy	CD&V	Coopted senator	December 2012	Etienne Schouppe	Became member of the Flemish Parliament
Bart Tommelein	Open VLD	Community senator	January 2013	Jean-Jacques De Gucht	Became alderman in Ostend
Liesbeth Homans	N-VA	Community senator	January 2013	Vandaele or Jans	Became alderwoman in Antwerp
Bart De Wever	N-VA	Community senator	January 2013	Vandaele or Jans	Became mayor of Antwerp

Notes

↑ Resigned in 2013. Replaced by Els Van Hoof by 28 March 2013.

Sources

"Huidige senatoren (alfabetisch)" (in Dutch). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
"Sénateurs actuels (alphabétique)" (in French). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
"Het Bureau" (in Dutch). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
"Le Bureau" (in French). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

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