The president of the Senate (, ) is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Belgium. The current president of the Senate is Vincent Blondel.
It is custom that the president gets its portrait painted by an artist, in the collection of art of the Senate some famous works can be found like portraits painted by Alfred Cluysenaar.
No. Name Party Entered office Left office Senate fully equal to the Chamber of Representatives 1.Goswin Baron de StassartLiberal12 September 183114 June 1838 2.Louis Baron de SchiervelCatholic13 November 183827 May 1848 3.Augustin Dumon-DumortierLiberal Party27 June 184828 January 1852 4.Eugène Prince of Ligne, of Amblise and of EpinoyLiberal Party25 March 185218 July 1879 5.Camille Baron de TornacoLiberal Party11 November 18798 March 1880 6.Michel Edmond Baron de Sélys-LongchampsLiberal Party3 August 188028 May 1884 7.Jules Baron d'AnethanCatholic Party23 July 188419 August 1885 8.Charles Count de Merode-WesterlooCatholic Party10 November 18856 April 1892 9.Henri Baron t'Kint de Roodenbeke de NaeyerCatholic Party26 April 189210 November 1899 10.Marie Joseph Charles, 6th Duke d'UrselCatholic Party14 November 189915 November 1903 11.Henri Count de Merode-WesterlooCatholic Party2 December 190313 July 1908 12.Alfred Viscount SimonisCatholic Party28 August 19085 August 1911 13.Paul Baron de FavereauCatholic Union14 November 191126 September 1922 14.Arnold Count t'Kint de RoodenbekeCatholic Union14 November 192210 August 1928 15.Charles MagnetteLiberal Party13 November 192828 October 1932 16.Emile DigneffeLiberal Party27 December 193211 August 1934 17.Maurice Count LippensLiberal Party13 November 193413 April 1936 18.Romain Baron MoyersoenCatholic Block1 July 19366 March 1939 19.Robert GillonLiberal Party26 April 19398 November 1947 20.Henri RolinBSP-PSB11 November 19476 November 1949 21.Robert GillonLiberal Party8 November 194930 April 1950 22.Paul StruyeCVP–PSC27 June 195012 March 1954 23.Robert GillonLiberal Party5 May 195429 April 1958 24. Paul Struye CVP–PSCPaul Struye became a member of the francophone PSC following the split of the unitary CVP–PSC in 1972. 24 June 1958 5 October 1973 25.Pierre HarmelPSC9 October, 19739 March 1977 26.Robert VandekerckhoveCVP7 June 197723 February 1980 27.Edward LeemansCVP5 March 19806 November 1987 28.Roger LallemandPS10 March 19889 May 1988 29.Lambert KelchtermansCVP16 May 198810 October 1988 30.Frank SwaelenCVP11 October 198812 April 1995 Senate quasi-equal to the Chamber of Representatives 30.Frank SwaelenCVP8 June 19955 May 1999 31.Armand De DeckerMR14 July 199920 July 2004 32.Anne-Marie LizinPS20 July 20042 May 2007 33.Armand De DeckerMR12 July 20077 May 2010 34.Danny PietersN-VA20 July 201010 October 2011 35.Sabine de BethuneCD&V11 October 201114 October 2014 Senate as reflection platform with very limited power 36.Christine DefraigneMR14 October 20143 December 2018 37.Jacques BrotchiMR14 December 201823 May 2019 38.Sabine LaruelleMR18 July 201913 October 2020 39.Stephanie D'HoseOpen Vld13 October 202018 May 2024 40.Valérie De BueMR25 July 20243 February 2025 41.Vincent BlondelLE3 February 2025Incumbent
See also Belgian Senate List of presidents of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives Politics of Belgium
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External links Official Website of the Belgian Senate __NOTOC__