List of presidents of the Senate (Netherlands)

This is a list of presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands.

NameEntered officeLeft officePartyCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise21 September 181519 October 1818Government-inclinedWillem Frederik Roëll19 October 181818 October 1819OrangistCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise10 October 181916 October 1820Government-inclinedWillem Frederik Roëll16 October 182015 October 1821OrangistCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise15 October 182121 October 1822Government-inclinedWillem Frederik Roëll21 October 182220 October 1823OrangistCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise20 October 182318 October 1824Government-inclinedWillem Frederik Roëll18 October 182417 October 1825OrangistCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise17 October 182516 October 1826Government-inclinedWillem Frederik Roëll16 October 182615 October 1827OrangistCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise15 October 182720 October 1828Government-inclinedWillem Frederik Roëll20 October 182819 October 1829OrangistCharles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise19 October 182913 September 1830Government-inclinedCharles Alexandre Francois Rasse Prins de GavreSeptember 183018 October 1830Willem Frederik Roëll21 October 183320 October 1834OrangistWillem Frederik van ReedeOctober 183413 August 1838Government-inclined Arnoldus van GennepOctober 1838October 1845Conservative (before 1848)Hendrik Rudolph TripOctober 184513 February 1849Louis Gaspard Adrien van Limburg Stirum13 February 184920 August 1850Moderate or moderate liberalDominicus Blankenheym7 October 185015 September 1851LiberalJacob Constantijn Martens van Sevenhoven15 September 185118 September 1852Conservative (after 1848)Johan Anthonie Philipse20 September 185216 September 1870Hendrick van Beeck Vollenhoven19 September 18701 August 1871Moderate or moderate liberalEugèn Jean Alexander van Bylandt18 September 187119 September 1874LiberalJan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk21 September 187424 April 1880Moderate or moderate liberalFrans Julius Johan van Eysinga18 May 188011 October 1894Liberal17 November 188417 August 188719 August 188727 March 1888Willem Anne Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye1 May 18883 August 1889Conservative (after 1848)Albertus van Naamen van Eemnes17 September 18897 March 1902LiberalJan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye17 March 190211 March 1914Vrij-ANR CHP (16 April 1903), CHR (9 July 1908)

Anti-Revolutionary Party (before split in 1894) Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst12 May 191417 September 1929Algemeene Bond van RK-kiesverenigingen RKSP

List of presidents of the Senate since 1929 President of the Senate Term of office Party Parliamentary Period Baron Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947) 17 September 1929 – 23 July 1946 () Christian Historical Union 1929–1932 1932–1935 1935–1937 1937–1946 Dr. Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956) 23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 () Free-thinking Democratic League 1946–1948 Labour Party 1948–1951 Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) 1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 () Labour Party 1951–1952 1952–1955 1956–1960 1960–1963 1963–1966 Dr. Jan Mazure (1899–1990) 20 September 1966 – 16 September 1969 () Labour Party 1966–1969 Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (1904–1978) 16 September 1969 – 18 September 1973 () Labour Party 1969–1971 1971–1974 Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997) 18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 () Catholic People's Party 1974–1977 1977–1980 Christian Democratic Appeal 1980–1981 1981–1983 Dr. Piet Steenkamp (1925–2016) 13 September 1983 – 11 June 1991 () Christian Democratic Appeal 1983–1986 1986–1987 1987–1991 Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942) 11 June 1991 – 11 March 1997 () Labour Party 1991–1995 1995–1999 Frits Korthals Altes (1931–2025) 11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 () People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1999–2003 Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) 2 October 2001 – 10 June 2003 () Christian Democratic Appeal Yvonne Timmerman-Buck (born 1956) 17 June 2003 – 6 October 2009 () Christian Democratic Appeal 2003–2007 2007–2011 René van der Linden (born 1943) 6 October 2009 – 28 June 2011 () Christian Democratic Appeal Fred de Graaf (born 1950) 28 June 2011 – 2 July 2013 () People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2011–2015 Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946) 2 July 2013 – 11 June 2019 () People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2015–2019 Dr. Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958) 2 July 2019 – 5 September 2025 () People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2019–2023 2023–2027 Mei Li Vos (born 1970) 7 October 2025 – Incumbent Labour Party

See also List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)

Sources President of the Senate at Parlement.com