List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2024–2029

The list of members of the Belgian Senate from 2024 to 2029.^[1]

In principle, the Senate consists of 50 state senators (29 Dutch-speaking, 20 French-speaking and 1 German-speaking) and 10 co-opted senators (6 Dutch-speaking and 4 French-speaking).

The legislature started on 18 July 2024 following the Belgian federal election. The opening session of the Senate was chaired by Jean-Paul Wahl [fr] (MR), the oldest member in years, who was assisted in this task by the youngest senators, Liesa Scholzen [fr] (ProDG) and Nawal Maghroud [fr] (Vooruit), who acted as secretary.^[2]

The composition is as follows:

• 29 senators appointed by the Flemish Parliament from the Flemish Parliament or from the Dutch language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
• 10 senators appointed by and from the Parliament of the French Community (which itself is composed of all members of the Walloon Parliament and some members of the French language group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region)
• 8 senators appointed by and from the Parliament of Wallonia
• 2 senators appointed by and from the French language group of the Brussels Capital Region Parliament
• 1 senator appointed by and from the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
• 6 senators, co-opted by the 29 Dutch-speaking senators (divided on the basis of the election results of the House of Representatives)
• 4 senators, co-opted by the 20 French-speaking senators (idem)

In total, the Senate will in principle have 60 senators: 35 Dutch-speaking, 24 French-speaking and 1 German-speaking.

With the exception of the German-speaking state senator (elected by the Parliament of the German-speaking Community), the Senate seats are distributed among the parties on the basis of the election results for the state parliaments (for the state senators) and for the Chamber (for the co-opted senators). At the start of the legislature, the distribution among the parties is as follows:

• The Vooruit party has decided not to fill its co-opted senatorial seat, to which it was entitled, because the party is in favour of abolishing the Senate. This will leave a total of only 59 senators.