List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2014–2019

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

PartySeats by typeTotal
CommunityCo-opted
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)10212
Socialist Party (PS)819
Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)718
Reformist Movement (MR)718
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)415
Socialist Party–Different (sp.a)415
Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH)314
Ecolo213
Green (Groen)213
Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)22
German-speaking Community11
501060

List

SenatorPartyLanguage groupAppointment
Bert Anciauxsp.aDutchCo-opted
Anne BarzinMRFrenchCo-opted
Christophe BastincdHFrenchCo-opted
Jan BecausN-VADutchCo-opted
Geert BourgeoisN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Jacques BrotchiMRFrenchBy and from the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Karin BrouwersCD&VDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Ann BrusseelOpen VldDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Sonja ClaesCD&VDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Cathy CoudyserN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Rik DaemsOpen VldDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Sabine de BethuneCD&VDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Valérie De BueMRFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Jean-Jacques De GuchtOpen VldDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Annick De RidderN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Petra De SutterGroenDutchCo-opted
Christine DefraigneMRFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
François DesquesnescdHFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
Alain DestexheMRFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Olivier DestrebecqMRFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
Guy D'haeseleerVlaams BelangDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Nadia El YousfiPSFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Yves EvrardMRFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Cindy FranssenCD&VDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Latifa GahouchiPSFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
Brigitte Grouwels1CD&VDutchBy the Flemish Parliament from the Dutch language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Philippe HenryEcoloFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
Véronique JamoullePSFrenchBy and from the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Christophe LacroixPSFrenchCo-opted
Anne LambelinPSFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
Ingrid Lietensp.aDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Lieve MaesN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Bertin Mampaka MankambacdHFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Elisabeth MeulemanGroenDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Alexander MiesenPFFGermanBy and from the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Christie MorrealePSFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Philippe MuytersN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Jan PeumansN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Patrick PrévotPSFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Hélène RyckmansEcoloFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Katia Segerssp.aDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Elke SleursN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Martine TaelmanOpen VldDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Cécile ThibautEcoloFrenchCo-opted
Güler Turansp.aDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Wouter Van BesienGroenDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Pol Van Den DriesscheN-VADutchCo-opted
Anke Van dermeerschVlaams BelangDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Bart Van Malderensp.aDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Peter Van RompuyCD&VDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Steven VanackereCD&VDutchCo-opted
Wilfried VandaeleN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Karl VanlouweN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Lode VereeckOpen VldDutchCo-opted
Johan VerstrekenCD&VDutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Christiane ViennePSFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Jean-Paul WahlMRFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament
Véronique WarouxcdHFrenchBy and from the Parliament of the French Community
Ben WeytsN-VADutchBy and from the Flemish Parliament
Olga ZrihenPSFrenchBy and from the Walloon Parliament

Changes during the legislature

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Christophe Lacroix (PS) became minister of the Walloon Government juli 2014 and was therefore replaced as co-opted senator by Philippe Mahoux.
  4. 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

OfficeSenatorParty
First Vice-President
Second Vice-President
Third Vice-President

College of Quaestors

QuaestorParty

Floor leaders

Floor leaderParty
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