This is a list of members of the Belgian Senate, arranged alphabetically by type, during the 54th legislature from 2014 until 2019. This was the first legislature following the sixth Belgian state reform, which abolished direct elections for the Senate and reduced its powers.
Seat division Party Seats by type TotalCommunity Co-opted New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) 10 2 12 Socialist Party (PS) 8 1 9 Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) 7 1 8 Reformist Movement (MR) 7 1 8 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) 4 1 5 Socialist Party–Different (sp.a) 4 1 5 Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) 3 1 4 Ecolo 2 1 3 Green (Groen) 2 1 3 Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) 2 — 2 German-speaking Community 1 — 1 50 10 60
List Senator Party Language group Appointment Bert Anciaux sp.a Dutch Co-opted Anne Barzin MR French Co-opted cdH French Co-opted Jan Becaus N-VA Dutch Co-opted Geert Bourgeois N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Jacques Brotchi MR French By and from the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region Karin Brouwers CD&V Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Ann Brusseel Open Vld Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Sonja Claes CD&V Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Cathy Coudyser N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Rik Daems Open Vld Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Sabine de Bethune CD&V Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Valérie De Bue MR French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Jean-Jacques De Gucht Open Vld Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Annick De Ridder N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Petra De Sutter Groen Dutch Co-opted Christine Defraigne MR French By and from the Walloon Parliament François Desquesnes cdH French By and from the Walloon Parliament Alain Destexhe MR French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Olivier Destrebecq MR French By and from the Walloon Parliament Guy D'haeseleer Vlaams Belang Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Nadia El Yousfi PS French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Yves Evrard MR French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Cindy Franssen CD&V Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Latifa Gahouchi PS French By and from the Walloon Parliament Brigitte Grouwels1 CD&V Dutch By the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region Philippe Henry Ecolo French By and from the Walloon Parliament Véronique Jamoulle PS French By and from the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region Christophe Lacroix PS French Co-opted Anne Lambelin PS French By and from the Walloon Parliament Ingrid Lieten sp.a Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Lieve Maes N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Bertin Mampaka Mankamba cdH French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Elisabeth Meuleman Groen Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Alexander Miesen PFF German By and from the Parliament of the German-speaking Community Christie Morreale PS French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Philippe Muyters N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Jan Peumans N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Patrick Prévot PS French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Hélène Ryckmans Ecolo French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Katia Segers sp.a Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Elke Sleurs N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Martine Taelman Open Vld Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Cécile Thibaut Ecolo French Co-opted Güler Turan sp.a Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Wouter Van Besien Groen Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Pol Van Den Driessche N-VA Dutch Co-opted Anke Van dermeersch Vlaams Belang Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Bart Van Malderen sp.a Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Peter Van Rompuy CD&V Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Steven Vanackere CD&V Dutch Co-opted Wilfried Vandaele N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Karl Vanlouwe N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Lode Vereeck Open Vld Dutch Co-opted Johan Verstreken CD&V Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Christiane Vienne PS French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Jean-Paul Wahl MR French By and from the Walloon Parliament Véronique Waroux cdH French By and from the Parliament of the French Community Ben Weyts N-VA Dutch By and from the Flemish Parliament Olga Zrihen PS French By and from the Walloon Parliament
Changes during the legislature Bianca Debaets (CD&V), who became in July 2014 state secretary in the Brussels Government, was replaced by Brigitte Grouwels (the previous CD&V member of the Brussels Government) as senator. Geert Bourgeois, Philippe Muyters and Ben Weyts (N-VA) became ministers of the Flemish Government in July 2014 and were therefore replaced as senators for the Flemish Parliament by respectively Piet De Bruyn, Andries Gryffroy and Jan Van Esbroeck. Christophe Lacroix (PS) became minister of the Walloon Government juli 2014 and was therefore replaced as co-opted senator by Philippe Mahoux. Elke Sleurs (N-VA) became state-secretary in the federal government Michel Government and will therefore be replaced as senator for the Flemish Parliament, with the successor still to be named.
Bureau
President and Vice-Presidents Office Senator Party First Vice-President Second Vice-President Third Vice-President
College of Quaestors Quaestor Party
Floor leaders Floor leader Party
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