List of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium)
This is a list of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium). The President of the Senate (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Senaat, French: Président du Sénat) is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Belgium.

List of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium)

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Table Section Text: This is a list of Presidents of the Senate (Belgium). The President of the Senate (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Senaat, French: Président du Sénat) is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Belgium.

No.	Name	Party	Entered office	Left office

Senate fully equal to the Chamber of Representatives

1.	Goswin Baron de Stassart	Liberal	September 12, 1831	June 14, 1838

2.	Louis Baron de Schiervel	Catholic	November 13, 1838	May 27, 1848

3.	Augustin Dumon-Dumortier	Liberal Party	June 27, 1848	January 28, 1852

4.	Eugène Prince of Ligne, of Amblise and of Epinoy	Liberal Party	March 25, 1852	July 18, 1879

5.	Camille Baron de Tornaco	Liberal Party	November 11, 1879	March 8, 1880

6.	Michel Edmond Baron de Sélys-Longchamps	Liberal Party	August 3, 1880	May 28, 1884

7.	Jules Baron d'Anethan	Catholic Party	July 23, 1884	August 19, 1885

8.	Charles Count de Merode-Westerloo	Catholic Party	November 10, 1885	April 6, 1892

9.	Henri Baron t'Kint de Roodenbeke de Naeyer	Catholic Party	April 26, 1892	November 10, 1899

10.	Marie Joseph Charles, 6th Duke d'Ursel	Catholic Party	November 14, 1899	November 15, 1903

11.	Henri Count de Merode-Westerloo	Catholic Party	December 2, 1903	July 13, 1908

12.	Alfred Viscount Simonis	Catholic Party	August 28, 1908	August 5, 1911

13.	Paul Baron de Favereau	Catholic Union	November 14, 1911	September 26, 1922

14.	Arnold Count t'Kint de Roodenbeke	Catholic Union	November 14, 1922	August 10, 1928

15.	Charles Magnette	Liberal Party	November 13, 1928	October 28, 1932

16.	Emile Digneffe	Liberal Party	December 27, 1932	August 11, 1934

17.	Maurice Count Lippens	Liberal Party	November 13, 1934	April 13, 1936

18.	Romain Baron Moyersoen	Catholic Block	July 1, 1936	March 6, 1939

19.	Robert Gillon	Liberal Party	April 26, 1939	November 8, 1947

20.	Henri Rolin	BSP-PSB	November 11, 1947	November 6, 1949

21.	Robert Gillon	Liberal Party	November 8, 1949	April 30, 1950

22.	Paul Struye	CVP–PSC	June 27, 1950	March 12, 1954

23.	Robert Gillon	Liberal Party	May 5, 1954	April 29, 1958

24.	Paul Struye	CVP–PSC	June 24, 1958	October 5, 1973

25.	Pierre Harmel	PSC	October 19, 1973	March 9, 1977

26.	Robert Vandekerckhove	CVP	June 7, 1977	February 23, 1980

27.	Edward Leemans	CVP	March 5, 1980	November 8, 1987

28.	Roger Lallemand	PS	March 10, 1988	May 10, 1988

29.	Lambert Kelchtermans	CVP	May 16, 1988	October 10, 1988

30.	Frank Swaelen	CVP	October 11, 1988	April 12, 1995

Senate quasi-equal to the Chamber of Representatives

30.	Frank Swaelen	CVP	June 8, 1995	May 5, 1999

31.	Armand De Decker	MR	June 14, 1999	July 20, 2004

32.	Anne-Marie Lizin	PS	July 20, 2004	July 12, 2007

33.	Armand De Decker	MR	July 12, 2007	July 20, 2010

34.	Danny Pieters	N-VA	July 20, 2010	October 11, 2011

35.	Sabine de Bethune	CD&V	October 11, 2011	October 14, 2014

Senate as reflection platform with very limited power

36.	Christine Defraigne	MR	October 14, 2014	December 3, 2018

37.	Jacques Brotchi	MR	December 14, 2018	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Robert Gillon was President of the Belgian Senate for three times (26 April 1939 - November 1947, 8 November 1949 - April 1950 and 5 May 1954 - 1958).

final_sentence: Robert Gillon was President of the Belgian Senate for three times (26 April 1939 - November 1947, 8 November 1949 - April 1950 and 5 May 1954 - 1958).