List of presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands
| President of the Senate
Voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of the Senate | |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Netherlands |
| Formation | 21 September 1815 |
| First holder | Charles Thiennes de Lombise[1] |
The President of the Senate (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal) is one of the 75 members of the Senate of the Netherlands and is elected to lead its meetings and be its representative.[2]
The office has been held by Jan Anthonie Bruijn of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2 July 2019.
List of presidents
| 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 | |||||
| Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956) |
23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 [Res] |
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 | |||||
| Jannis Pieter 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 [Res] |
Labour Party | 1969–1971 | ||
| 1971–1974 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 [Res] [Note] |
Labour Party | 1991–1995 | ||
| 1995–1999 | |||||
| Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931) |
11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 [Res] |
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 [Res] [Note] |
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 [Res] |
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 | |||||
| Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958) |
2 July 2019 – Incumbent |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
2019–present | ||
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Ch.I.Ph. graaf de Thiennes de Lombise". Senate (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ "Rules of Procedure of the Senate of the States General" (PDF). Senate. 15 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.