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

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 | Seats by type | 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.

### Community Senators

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

#### German-speaking Community (1)

| Senator | Party |
| Louis Siquet | PS |

### Coopted Senators

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

## 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 |