List of Belgian senators (2007–2010)
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This is the list of Belgian Senators
Belgian Senate
The Belgian Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament.-History and future:...

from 2007
Belgian general election, 2007
The 2007 Belgian general election took place on Sunday 10 June 2007. Voters went to the polls in order to elect new members for the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.Eligible voters were Belgian citizens 18 years and older...

 until the general election of 2010
Belgian general election, 2010
General elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 2010. After the fall of the previous government over the withdrawal of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats from the government the King dissolved the legislature and called new elections...

, which was the 52nd legislature of the Senate.

Seat division

Party Seats by type Total
Directly elected |Coopted
Christian Democratic and Flemish
Christian Democratic and Flemish
The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party...

/New Flemish Alliance 
9 3 2 14
Christian Democratic and Flemish 8 2 2 12
Reformist Movement
Reformist Movement
The Reformist Movement is a French-speaking liberal political party in Belgium. The party was in coalition as part of the Leterme II Government, and was also part of the governing coalition in the Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region until the 2004 regional elections...

 
6 3 1 10
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats  5 2 2 9
Socialist Party  4 4 1 9
Ecolo
Ecolo
Ecolo is a French-speaking Belgian green political party in Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium...

Green!
Green!
Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...

 
4 3 1 8
Flemish Interest  5 2 1 8
Socialist Party–Different  3 2 1 6
Ecolo 2 2 1 5
Humanist Democratic Centre  2 2 1 5
Green! 2 1 3
New Flemish Alliance 1 1 2
List Dedecker  1 1
National Front
National Front
The name National Front is used by a number of political parties and coalitions.* Albania — National Front * Belarus — Partyja BPF* Belgium — National Front * Botswana — Botswana National Front...

 
1 1
40 21 10 71

President and Vice-Presidents

Office
Senator Party
President Armand De Decker
Armand De Decker
Armand De Decker, born in Uccle, 8 October 1948, is a Belgian politician and member of the French-speaking liberal party Mouvement Réformateur .De Decker studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and practised law.-Political career:...

 
MR
First Vice-President Hugo Vandenberghe
Hugo Vandenberghe
Hugo Vandenberghe , is a Belgian politician and a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .From 1973 to 1977, Hugo Vandenberghe served as advisor in several cabinets of Minister Leo Tindemans. From 1984 to 1990, he was member of the European Committee on Human Rights in Strasbourg...

CD&V
Second Vice-President Marc Verwilghen
Marc Verwilghen
Marc Ernest Elisabeth Robert Juliette Verwilghen, born 21 September 1952 in Dendermonde, is a Belgian politician.Verwilghen studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Ghent and is the holder of an honorary doctorate from Ghent....

 → G. Verhofstadt
Open VLD
Third Vice-President Yves Buysse
Yves Buysse
Yves Buysse is a Belgian politician and a member of the Vlaams Belang. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

Vlaams Belang

College of Quaestors

Quaestor
Party
Myriam Vanlerberghe
Myriam Vanlerberghe
Myriam Vanlerberghe is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...


→ A. Van Nieuwkerke → G. Lambert
SP.A
Tony Van Parys
Tony Van Parys
Tony J.M.M. Van Parys is a Belgian CD&V politician.Van Parys was first chosen to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1985, on a CVP ticket...

 → E. Schouppe
CD&V
Olga Zrihen
Olga Zrihen
Olga Zrihen is a Belgian politician and a member of the Parti Socialiste. She became a member of the European Parliament in April 2001, not reelected in June 2004. A few months later she was coopted to the Belgian Senate, and in 2007 she was elected to it...

 → A-M. Lizin
PS

Floor leaders

Floor leader
Party Seats
Sabine de Bethune
Sabine de Bethune
Sabine de Bethune is a Belgian politician and a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish.The daughter of former Kortrijk mayor, Emmanuel de Bethune, Bethune holds a Master of Laws from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995. Sabine is...

CD&V 12
Dominique Tilmans
Dominique Tilmans
Dominique Tilmans is a Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 → C. Defraigne
MR 10
Bart Tommelein → P. Wille Open VLD 9
Philippe Mahoux
Philippe Mahoux
Philippe Mahoux, born 26 June 1944 in Ciney, is a Belgian politician and a member of the Parti Socialiste. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995.-Notes:...

PS 8/9
José Daras
José Daras
José Daras is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 → I. Durant
Ecolo/Groen! 8
Jurgen Ceder
Jurgen Ceder
Jurgen Ceder is a Belgian politician and a member of the Vlaams Belang. He was first elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995. Since november 2009, he is group leader in the senate.-Notes:...

 → J. Van Hauthem
Vlaams Belang 8
Johan Vande Lanotte
Johan Vande Lanotte
Johan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on 15 October 2005...

 → M. Vanlerberghe
SP.A 6
Francis Delpérée
Francis Delpérée
Francis Delpérée is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

cdH 5

Senators by Right

Senator
Party Office entered
Prince Philippe No affiliation
Princess Astrid No affiliation
Prince Laurent No affiliation

Dutch-speaking electorate (25)

Senator
Party
Wouter Beke
Wouter Beke
Wouter Beke is a Belgian politician and a member of the CD&V. He was reelected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.Wouter Beke studied Social Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Political Sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...

 
CD&V
Yves Buysse
Yves Buysse
Yves Buysse is a Belgian politician and a member of the Vlaams Belang. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 Vanhecke
Frank Vanhecke
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up his membership of the Volksunie in 1977 after it acceded to a much-debated package of federal reforms...

 
VB
Jurgen Ceder
Jurgen Ceder
Jurgen Ceder is a Belgian politician and a member of the Vlaams Belang. He was first elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995. Since november 2009, he is group leader in the senate.-Notes:...

 
VB
Hugo Coveliers
Hugo Coveliers
Hugo F.V. Coveliers is a Belgian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives between 1985 and 1995 and from 1993 to 2003. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Belgian Senate...

 
VB (VLOTT)
Sabine de Bethune
Sabine de Bethune
Sabine de Bethune is a Belgian politician and a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish.The daughter of former Kortrijk mayor, Emmanuel de Bethune, Bethune holds a Master of Laws from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995. Sabine is...

 ← Brepoels 
CD&V
Roland Duchatelet
Roland Duchâtelet
Roland Duchâtelet is a Belgian businessman who turned his progressive liberal ideology into a political movement that he called Vivant. He also chairs a notable soccer club K. Sint-Truidense V.V....

 Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.- Early career :...

Open VLD (Vivant)
Louis Ide
Louis Ide
Louis Ide is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

N-VA
Nele Jansegers
Nele Jansegers
Nele Jansegers is a Belgian politician and a member of the Vlaams Belang. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 Dewinter
Filip Dewinter
Philip Michel Frans "Filip" Dewinter is a Flemish politician in Belgium. He is one of the leading members of Vlaams Belang, a right-wing Flemish nationalist and secessionist political party...

 
| VB
Geert Lambert
Geert Lambert
Geert Lambert is a Flemish politician and lawyer. He was the president of Spirit, a Flemish political party, from 2004 until 2007, when he was succeeded by Bettina Geysen...

 
Groen! ← Spirit
Nahima Lanjri
Nahima Lanjri
Nahima Lanjri is a Belgian politician and a member of the CD&V. She is of Moroccan descent. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
CD&V
Nele Lijnen
Nele Lijnen
Nele Lijnen is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open Vld. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Open VLD
Freya Piryns
Freya Piryns
Freya Piryns is a Belgian politician and a member of Groen!. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Timeline:*10/06/2007 – : Senator [directly elected] -Notes:...

 Dua
Vera Dua
Vera Agnes Roger Dua was the Party Chair of the Flemish green party Groen! between 2003 and 2007. She graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer and attained a PhD in agricultural science 11 years later....

 
Groen!
Etienne Schouppe
Etienne Schouppe
Etienne Adolf Schouppe is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams party. Before his entry into politics, he was executive manager of the National Railway Company of Belgium. Schouppe was a member of the Belgian Senate from 2003 to 2010 and since 2008 the State...

 
CD&V
Ann Somers De Gucht
Jean-Jacques De Gucht
Jean-Jacques De Gucht is a Flemish politician and member of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected to the Belgian Senate by the Dutch electoral college in the 2007 Belgian federal election, which took place on 10 June 2007....

 
Open VLD
Marleen Temmerman
Marleen Temmerman
Marleen Temmerman is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007. On 8 February 2011, she told the spouses of Belgian politicians to ban sex until the country forms a government.-Notes:...

 
SP.A
Elke Tindemans
Elke Tindemans
Elke Tindemans is a Belgian politician and a member of the CD&V. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
CD&V
Johan Vande Lanotte
Johan Vande Lanotte
Johan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on 15 October 2005...

 
SP.A
Hugo Vandenberghe
Hugo Vandenberghe
Hugo Vandenberghe , is a Belgian politician and a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .From 1973 to 1977, Hugo Vandenberghe served as advisor in several cabinets of Minister Leo Tindemans. From 1984 to 1990, he was member of the European Committee on Human Rights in Strasbourg...

CD&V
Pol Van Den Driessche
Pol Van Den Driessche
Pol Van Den Driessche is a Belgian politician and a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party . He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 Leterme
Yves Leterme
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party , and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008...

CD&V
Anke Vandermeersch
Anke Vandermeersch
Anke Vandermeersch is a Flemish politician and former beauty queen.-Pageantry:Vandermeersch rose to attention in Belgium during a modelling career, becoming Miss Belgium in 1991 and representing her country at Miss World...

VB
Lieve Van Ermen
Lieve Van Ermen
Lieve Van Ermen is a Flemish politician and cardiologist. She was directly elected to the Belgian Senate by the Dutch electoral college for the Dedecker List with 25,462 preferential votes in the 2007 federal election, which took place on 10 June 2007...

 
LDD
Els Van Hoof
Leterme
Yves Leterme
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party , and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008...

 ← Van Hoof ← Schouppe
Etienne Schouppe
Etienne Adolf Schouppe is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams party. Before his entry into politics, he was executive manager of the National Railway Company of Belgium. Schouppe was a member of the Belgian Senate from 2003 to 2010 and since 2008 the State...

 
CD&V
Myriam Vanlerberghe
Myriam Vanlerberghe
Myriam Vanlerberghe is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 Anciaux
Bert Anciaux
Bert Jozef Herman Vic Anciaux is a Belgian politician, a founder and former member of Spirit...

 
SP.A
Tony Van Parys
Tony Van Parys
Tony J.M.M. Van Parys is a Belgian CD&V politician.Van Parys was first chosen to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1985, on a CVP ticket...

 
CD&V
Yoeri Vasteravendts Vankrunkelsven
Patrik Vankrunkelsven
Patrick Jules Maria Vankrunkelsven , physician, dr. sc. med., Professor in medicine and Flemish politician. He obtained an MD and PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .-Political career:...

 
Open VLD
Marc Verwilghen
Marc Verwilghen
Marc Ernest Elisabeth Robert Juliette Verwilghen, born 21 September 1952 in Dendermonde, is a Belgian politician.Verwilghen studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Ghent and is the holder of an honorary doctorate from Ghent....

 
Open VLD


French-speaking electorate (15)

Senator
Party
MR
Destexhe
Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe is a Belgian liberal politician. He was elected senator for the Francophone electoral college in 2003, and again in 2007. Destexhe is a member of the liberal Reformist Movement and represents Belgium in the World Economic Forum. He was awarded the Prize of Liberty by Nova Civitas...

 
MR
MR
Ecolo
FN
cdH
MR
Durant
Isabelle Durant
Isabelle A.J. Durant is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. On 15 September, 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union...

 
Ecolo
PS
PS
Delvaux
Anne Delvaux
Anne Delvaux is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
cdH
Michel
Louis Michel
Louis H. O. Ch. Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. Since 2009, he has been a Member of the European Parliament...

 
MR
PS
Zrihen
Olga Zrihen
Olga Zrihen is a Belgian politician and a member of the Parti Socialiste. She became a member of the European Parliament in April 2001, not reelected in June 2004. A few months later she was coopted to the Belgian Senate, and in 2007 she was elected to it...

 ← Busquin
Philippe Busquin
Philippe Busquin is a Belgian politician. He was Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Busquin was the chairman...

PS
MR


Flemish Community (10)

Senator
Party
John Crombez Martens
Bart Martens
Bart Martens is a Belgian politician and a member of the SP.A. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
SP.A
Jan Durnez Van den Brande
Luc Van den Brande
Luc Van den Brande is a Flemish politician, member of the CD&V and was Minister-president of Flanders from 21 February 1992 until 13 July 1999. He took the initiative to create the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology...

 
CD&V
Jean-Jacques De Gucht
Jean-Jacques De Gucht
Jean-Jacques De Gucht is a Flemish politician and member of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected to the Belgian Senate by the Dutch electoral college in the 2007 Belgian federal election, which took place on 10 June 2007....

 Hermans
Margriet Hermans
Margriet Hermans is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open VLD. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Open VLD
Cindy Franssen Smet
Miet Smet
Miet Smet is a Belgian politician for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party .Miet Smet was the founder and first president of the Christian People's Party political women's organisation, Vrouw en Maatschappij .She was elected to the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives in 1978...

 
CD&V
Fatma Pehlivan Van Nieuwkerke
André Van Nieuwkerke
André Van Nieuwkerke is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
SP.A
Helga Stevens
Helga Stevens
Helga Stevens is a Belgian politician and a member of the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie. She was elected as a Member of the Flemish Parliament in 2004 and as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007. She was reelected for the Flemish Parliament in 2009 and as a member of the Senate in 2010. She is...

 
N-VA
Bart Tommelein Wille
Paul Wille
Paul Wille was a Belgian senator and still is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Open VLD
Joris Van Hauthem
Joris Van Hauthem
Joris Van Hauthem is floor leader in the Belgian Senate for the Flemish movement Vlaams Belang party. He was born in Anderlecht, Brussels and lives now in Lennik.He has a degree in modern history.-Political functions:...

VB
Karim Van Overmeire
Karim Van Overmeire
Karim Van Overmeire is a member of the Belgian Senate for the New Flemish Alliance. In the past, he was a member of the Vlaams Belang party. He lives in Aalst.-Notes:...

 
VB
Luckas Vander Taelen Dua
Vera Dua
Vera Agnes Roger Dua was the Party Chair of the Flemish green party Groen! between 2003 and 2007. She graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer and attained a PhD in agricultural science 11 years later....

Groen!


French-speaking Community (10)

Senator
Party
Ecolo
PS
← Fremault ← Procureur
Jean-Paul Procureur
Jean-Paul Procureur is a Belgian politician and a member of the Centre démocrate humaniste. He was a member of the Belgian Senate between 2007 and 2009.-Notes:...

 
cdH
MR
Bouarfa
Sfia Bouarfa
Sfia Bouarfa born 14 October 1950 in Jerada, Morocco) is a Belgian politician and a member of the PS. Since 1995 she is a Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and a Member of the Parliament of the French Community. She was also a Community Senator appointed by the Parliament of...

PS
MR
Elsen
Marc Elsen
Marc Elsen is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
cdH
← Nagy ← Dubié
Josy Dubié
Josy Dubié is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1999 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2009.-Notes:...

 
Ecolo
Roelants du Vivier
François Roelants du Vivier
François Roelants du Vivier is a Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 2000 until 2009.-Notes:...

 
MR
Kapompolé
Joëlle Kapompolé
Joëlle Kapompolé is a Belgian politician and a member of the PS. She was a member of the Belgian Senate from 2004 to 2009.-Notes:...

 
PS


German-speaking Community (1)

Senator
Party
Collas
Berni Collas
Bernard "Berni" Collas was a Belgian German-speaking politician and member of the liberal Party for Freedom and Progress...

 (MR/PFF)
PS

Dutch language group (6)

Senator
Party
CD&V
CD&V
SP.A
Open VLD
VB
Anthuenis
Filip Anthuenis
Filip Anthuenis is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007....

 
Open VLD


French language group (4)

Senator
Party
Brotchi
Jacques Brotchi
Jacques Brotchi is a Belgian professor of neurosurgery and a politician from the MR. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Biography:...

 
MR
Matz
Vanessa Matz
Vanessa Matz is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 ← Dallemagne 
cdH
Russo
Carine Russo
Carine Russo is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Ecolo
PS


Christian Democratic & Flemish (12)

Senator
Party
Directly elected
← Brepoels (N-VA) Directly elected
Directly elected
Directly elected
Directly elected

← Van Hoof ← Schouppe
Etienne Schouppe
Etienne Adolf Schouppe is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams party. Before his entry into politics, he was executive manager of the National Railway Company of Belgium. Schouppe was a member of the Belgian Senate from 2003 to 2010 and since 2008 the State...

 
Directly elected

Van Den Driessche
Pol Van Den Driessche
Pol Van Den Driessche is a Belgian politician and a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party . He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 ← Leterme
Yves Leterme
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party , and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008...

 
Directly elected
Directly elected
Community
Community
Coopted
Coopted

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (9)

Senator
Party
Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.- Early career :...

 
Directly elected
Directly elected
De Gucht
Jean-Jacques De Gucht
Jean-Jacques De Gucht is a Flemish politician and member of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected to the Belgian Senate by the Dutch electoral college in the 2007 Belgian federal election, which took place on 10 June 2007....

 
Directly elected
Vankrunkelsven
Patrik Vankrunkelsven
Patrick Jules Maria Vankrunkelsven , physician, dr. sc. med., Professor in medicine and Flemish politician. He obtained an MD and PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .-Political career:...

 
Directly elected
Directly elected
Hermans
Margriet Hermans
Margriet Hermans is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open VLD. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Community
Wille
Paul Wille
Paul Wille was a Belgian senator and still is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Community
Coopted
Anthuenis
Filip Anthuenis
Filip Anthuenis is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007....

 
Coopted

Flemish Interest (8)

Senator
Type
Vanhecke
Frank Vanhecke
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up his membership of the Volksunie in 1977 after it acceded to a much-debated package of federal reforms...

 
Directly elected
Directly elected
Directly elected
Dewinter
Filip Dewinter
Philip Michel Frans "Filip" Dewinter is a Flemish politician in Belgium. He is one of the leading members of Vlaams Belang, a right-wing Flemish nationalist and secessionist political party...

 
Directly elected
Directly elected
Community
Community
Coopted

Socialist Party–Different
Socialist Party - Different
' is a Flemish social-democratic party in Belgium. It was formerly known as the Socialistische Partij , which in turn had branched off from the Belgian Socialist Party, itself formed by former members of the Belgian Labour Party.-1978-now:The party was the big winner in the 2003 election, running...

/Social Liberal Party
Social Liberal Party
Social Liberal Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party that is ideologically connected to social liberalism. For more information on liberal parties, see liberal parties....

 (6 [-1])

Senator
Type
Directly elected
Directly elected
Anciaux
Bert Anciaux
Bert Jozef Herman Vic Anciaux is a Belgian politician, a founder and former member of Spirit...

Directly elected
Martens
Bart Martens
Bart Martens is a Belgian politician and a member of the SP.A. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Community
Van Nieuwkerke
André Van Nieuwkerke
André Van Nieuwkerke is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Community
Coopted
→ Green! Directly elected

Green!
Green!
Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...

 (3 [+1])

Senator
Type
(ex SP.A/SLP) Directly elected
Dua
Vera Dua
Vera Agnes Roger Dua was the Party Chair of the Flemish green party Groen! between 2003 and 2007. She graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer and attained a PhD in agricultural science 11 years later....

 
Directly elected
Dua
Vera Dua
Vera Agnes Roger Dua was the Party Chair of the Flemish green party Groen! between 2003 and 2007. She graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer and attained a PhD in agricultural science 11 years later....

 
Community

New-Flemish Alliance
New-Flemish Alliance
' is a Flemish right-wing political party, founded in the autumn of 2001. It is a conservative and liberal movement that promotes civic nationalism...

 (2)

Senator
Party
Directly elected
Community

List Dedecker (1)

Senator
Type
Directly elected


Reformist Movement
Reformist Movement
The Reformist Movement is a French-speaking liberal political party in Belgium. The party was in coalition as part of the Leterme II Government, and was also part of the governing coalition in the Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region until the 2004 regional elections...

 (10)

Senator
Type
Directly elected
Destexhe
Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe is a Belgian liberal politician. He was elected senator for the Francophone electoral college in 2003, and again in 2007. Destexhe is a member of the liberal Reformist Movement and represents Belgium in the World Economic Forum. He was awarded the Prize of Liberty by Nova Civitas...

 
Directly elected
Directly elected
Directly elected
Michel
Louis Michel
Louis H. O. Ch. Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. Since 2009, he has been a Member of the European Parliament...

Directly elected
Directly elected
Community
Community
→ F. Roelants du Vivier Community
→ J. Brotchi Coopted

Socialist Party (8/9)

Senator
Type
Directly elected
Directly elected
Directly elected
Zrihen
Olga Zrihen
Olga Zrihen is a Belgian politician and a member of the Parti Socialiste. She became a member of the European Parliament in April 2001, not reelected in June 2004. A few months later she was coopted to the Belgian Senate, and in 2007 she was elected to it...

 ← Busquin
Philippe Busquin
Philippe Busquin is a Belgian politician. He was Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Busquin was the chairman...

 
Directly elected
Community
→ S. Bouarfa Community
→ J. Kapompolé Community
Coopted


German speaking: Senator
Type
→ B. Collas (MR/PFF) Community

Ecolo
Ecolo
Ecolo is a French-speaking Belgian green political party in Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium...

 (5)

Senator
Type
Directly elected
Durant
Isabelle Durant
Isabelle A.J. Durant is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. On 15 September, 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union...

 
Directly elected
Community
← Nagy ← Dubié
Josy Dubié
Josy Dubié is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1999 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2009.-Notes:...

 
Community
Russo
Carine Russo
Carine Russo is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Coopted

Humanist Democratic Centre (5)

Senator
Type
Directly elected
Delvaux
Anne Delvaux
Anne Delvaux is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 
Directly elected

→ C. Fremault → J.P. Procureur
Community
Community
Matz
Vanessa Matz
Vanessa Matz is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...

 ← Dallemagne
Coopted

National Front (1)

Senator
Type
Directly elected
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