List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2010–2014

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This is a list of members of the Belgian Senate during the 53rd legislature, after the elections of 2010. They are arranged alphabetically by type.

Seat division

Party	Seats by type			Total
Party	Directly elected	Community	Coopted	Total
New Flemish Alliance	9	3	2	14
Socialist Party	4	4	1	13
Reformist Movement	4	3	1	8
Christian Democratic and Flemish	4	2	1	7
Ecolo—Green!	3	3	1	7
Socialist Party–Different	4	2	1	7
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	4	1	1	6
Ecolo	2	2	1	5
Flemish Interest	3	1	1	5
Humanist Democratic Centre	2	2	–	4
Green!	1	1	–	2
	40	21	10	71

Bureau

President and Vice-Presidents

Office	Senator	Party
President	Danny Pieters	N-VA
First Vice-president	Willy Demeyer	PS
Second Vice-president	Armand De Decker	MR
Third Vice-president	Helga Stevens	N-VA

College of Quaestors

	Quaestor	Party
	Wouter Beke	CD&V
	Olga Zrihen	PS
	Bert Anciaux	SP.A

Floor leaders

	Floor leader	Party
	Liesbeth Homans	N-VA
	Philippe Mahoux	PS
	Dominique Tilmans	MR
	Sabine de Bethune	CD&V
	Bart Tommelein	Open VLD
	Johan Vande Lanotte	SP.A
	Jacky Morael	Ecolo/Groen!
	Jurgen Ceder	Vlaams Belang
	Francis Delpérée	CDH

Alphabetically

	Senator	Party
	Bert Anciaux	SP.A
	Wouter Beke	CD&V
	Frank Boogaerts	N-VA
	Yves Buysse ← Dewinter	Vlaams Belang
	Jurgen Ceder	Vlaams Belang
	Rik Daems	Open VLD
	Sabine de Bethune	CD&V
	Alexander De Croo	Open VLD
	Patrick De Groote ← De Wever	N-VA
	Inge Faes	N-VA
	Piet De Bruyne ← Geybels	N-VA
	Louis Ide	N-VA
	Nele Lijnen	Open VLD
	Lieve Maes	N-VA
	Danny Pieters	N-VA
	Freya Piryns	Groen!
	Luc Sevenhans	N-VA
	Elke Sleurs	N-VA
	Dirk Sterckx	Open VLD
	Marleen Temmerman	SP.A
	Marianne Thyssen	CD&V
	Rik Torfs	CD&V
	Johan Vande Lanotte	SP.A
	Frank Vandenbroucke	SP.A
	Anke Van dermeersch	Vlaams Belang
	Marie Arena	PS
	François Bellot	MR
	Hassan Bousetta	PS
	Armand De Decker	MR
	Francis Delpérée	cdH
	Willy Demeyer	PS
	Gérard Deprez	MR
	Paul Magnette	PS
	Vanessa Matz	cdH
	Jacky Morael	Ecolo
	Philippe Moureau	PS
	Claudia Niessen	Ecolo
	Fatiha Saïdi	PS
	Dominique Tilmans	MR
	Fabienne Winckel	PS

By type

Senators by Right

Senator	Party	Office entered
Prince Philippe	No affiliation	June 21, 1994
Princess Astrid	No affiliation	November 20, 1996
Prince Laurent	No affiliation	May 31, 2000

Directly elected senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 6, 2010.

Dutch electoral college (25)

	Senator	Party
	Bert Anciaux	SP.A
	Wouter Beke	CD&V
	Frank Boogaerts	N-VA
	Yves Buysse ← Dewinter	VB
	Jurgen Ceder	VB
	Dirk Claes ← Thyssen	CD&V
	Rik Daems	Open VLD
	Sabine de Bethune	CD&V
	Alexander De Croo	Open VLD
	Patrick De Groote ← De Wever	N-VA
	Inge Faes	N-VA
	Kim Geybels (resigned)	N-VA
	Louis Ide	N-VA
	Nele Lijnen	Open VLD
	Lieve Maes	N-VA
	Philippe Muyters (resigned)	N-VA
	Danny Pieters	N-VA
	Freya Piryns	Groen
	Elke Sleurs	N-VA
	Dirk Sterckx	Open VLD
	Marleen Temmerman (resigned)	SP.A
	Rik Torfs	CD&V
	Johan Vande Lanotte (resigned)	SP.A
	Frank Vandenbroucke (resigned)	SP.A
	Anke Van dermeersch	VB

French electoral college (15)

	Senator	Party
	Marie Arena	PS
	François Bellot	MR
	Hassan Bousetta	PS
	Armand De Decker	MR
	Francis Delpérée	cdH
	Willy Demeyer	PS
	Gérard Deprez ← Michel	MR
	Paul Magnette	PS
	Vanessa Matz	cdH
	Jacky Morael	Ecolo
	Philippe Moureau	PS
	Claudia Niessen	Ecolo
	Fatiha Saïdi	PS
	Dominique Tilmans	MR
	Fabienne Winckel	PS

Community Senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 13, 2010.

Flemish Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	Bart De Wever (resigned)	N-VA
	Filip Dewinter	VB
	Jan Durnez	CD&V
	Cindy Franssen	CD&V
	Liesbeth Homans (resigned)	N-VA
	Ludo Sannen	SP.A
	Helga Stevens	N-VA
	Bart Tommelein (resigned)	Open VLD
	Güler Turan	SP.A
	Mieke Vogels	Groen

French-speaking Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	Jacques Brotchi	MR
	Marcel Cheron	Ecolo
	Christine Defraigne	MR
	André du Bus de Warnaffe	cdH
	Zakia Khattabi	Ecolo
	Caroline Désir	PS
	Muriel Targniom	PS
	Olga Zrihen	PS
	Richard Miller	MR
	Dimitri Foudry	cdH

German-speaking Community (1)

	Senator	Party
	Louis Siquet	PS

Coopted Senators

They have taken the oath of office on July 20, 2010.

Dutch language group (6)

	Senator	Party
	Huub Broers	N-VA
	Guido De Padt	Open VLD
	Bart Laeremans	VB
	Guy Swennen	SP.A
	Peter Van Rompuy (resigned)	CD&V
	Karl Vanlouwe	N-VA

French language group (4)

	Senator	Party
	Alain Courtois	MR
	Ahmed Laaouej	PS
	Philippe Mahoux	PS
	Cécile Thibaut	Ecolo

By political party

Dutch-speaking

New Flemish Alliance (14)

Christian Democratic & Flemish (7)

	Senator	Type
	Wouter Beke	Directly elected
	Dirk Claes ← Thyssen (fraction leader)	Directly elected
	Sabine de Bethune	Directly elected
	Rik Torfs	Directly elected
	Jan Durnez	Community
	Cindy Franssen	Community
	Peter Van Rompuy	Coopted

Socialist Party–Different (7)

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (6)

	Senator	Type
	Rik Daems	Directly elected
	Alexander De Croo	Directly elected
	Nele Lijnen	Directly elected
	Martine Taelman ← Sterckx	Directly elected
	Bart Tommelein (fraction leader)	Community
	Guido De Padt	Coopted

Flemish Interest (4 (−1))

Green (2)

Independent (1)

	Senator	Type
	Jurgen Ceder (since 2012)	Directly elected

French-speaking

Socialist Party (12/13)

Reformist Movement (8)

Ecolo (5)

Humanist Democratic Centre (4)

Changed during the legislation

Senators who chose not to sit

Name	Party	Type	Date	Replacement	Notes
Bart De Wever	N-VA	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Patrick De Groote	Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Filip Dewinter	VB	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Yves Buysse	Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Louis Michel	MR	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Gérard Deprez	Stayed member of the European Parliament
Helga Stevens	N-VA	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Frank Boogaerts	Stayed member of the Flemish Parliament (became community senator later on)
Marianne Thyssen	CD&V	Directly elected senator	6 July 2010	Dirk Claes	Stayed member of the European Parliament

Senators who resigned

Name	Party	Type	Date	Replacement	Notes
Kim Geybels	N-VA	Directly elected senator	31 August 2010	Piet De Bruyn	Because of personal reasons
Philippe Muyters	N-VA	Directly elected senator	9 July 2010	Luc Sevenhans	Stayed Flemish minister in Peeters II
Frank Vandenbroucke	SP.A	Directly elected senator	1 October 2011	Fauzaya Talhaoui
Paul Magnette	PS	Directly elected senator	5 December 2011	Christie Morreale	Became federal minister in Di Rupo I
Güler Turan	SP.A	Community senator	22 December 2011	Fatma Pehlivan
Marleen Temmerman	SP.A	Directly elected senator	18 October 2012	Leona Detiège	Became department head of WHO
Peter Van Rompuy	CD&V	Coopted senator	December 2012	Etienne Schouppe	Became member of the Flemish Parliament
Bart Tommelein	Open VLD	Community senator	January 2013	Jean-Jacques De Gucht	Became alderman in Ostend
Liesbeth Homans	N-VA	Community senator	January 2013	Vandaele or Jans	Became alderwoman in Antwerp
Bart De Wever	N-VA	Community senator	January 2013	Vandaele or Jans	Became mayor of Antwerp

Notes

Resigned in 2013. Replaced by Els Van Hoof by 28 March 2013.

Sources

"Huidige senatoren (alfabetisch)" (in Dutch). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
"Sénateurs actuels (alphabétique)" (in French). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
"Het Bureau" (in Dutch). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
"Le Bureau" (in French). The Belgian Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

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