List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2003–2007 explained

This is the list of Belgian Senators from 2003 till 2007.^[1]

By type

Senators by Right

	Senator	Party	Office entered
		Prince Philippe	No affiliation
		Princess Astrid	No affiliation
		Prince Laurent	No affiliation

Directly elected senators

Dutch-speaking electorate (25)

	Senator	Party
		LDD
		VB
		VB
		VLD
		VB
		CD&V
		CD&V
		VLD
		SP.A/Spirit
		VLD
		SP.A/Spirit
		VLD
		SP.A/Spirit
		CD&V
		CD&V
		VLD
		VB
		CD&V
		CD&V
		SP.A/Spirit
		SP.A/Spirit
		VB
		VLD
		SP.A/Spirit
		VB

French-speaking electorate (15)

	Senator	Party
		PS
		MR
		MR
		MR
		FN
		MR
		Ecolo
		PS
		PS
			Independent
		PS
		PS
		cdH
			Independent
		MR

Community senators

Flemish Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	→ Devolder (Open VLD)	LDD
	→ Ramoudt	Open VLD
	→ Koninckx → Hostekint	SP.A
	→ Timmermans	SP.A
	→ Caluwé	CD&V
		CD&V
		VB
	→ Van Duppen	SP.A
		VB
		Open VLD

French-speaking Community (10)

	Senator	Party
		PS
		cdH
	Josy Dubié ← Cheron ← Michel	Ecolo
		MR
	Francis Delpérée ← Thissen	cdH
			Independent
	Alain Destexhe ← Zenner	MR
	N/A ← Istasse	PS
	Joëlle Kapompolé ← Poty	PS
		MR

German-speaking Community (1)

Coopted senators

Dutch language group (6)

	Senator	Party
		VB
		SP.A–Spirit
		CD&V
	← Germeaux	Open VLD^[2]
	← Gennez	SP.A–Spirit
		Open VLD

French language group (4)

	Senator	Party
	← Crombé-Berton	MR
		FN
		PS
	← Vienne	PS

By party

Dutch-speaking

Christian Democratic and Flemish (9)

	Senator	Type
	Wouter Beke	Directly elected
	Sabine de Bethune	Directly elected	-		Jan Steverlynck	Directly elected
	Elke Tindemans	Directly elected
	Marc Van Peel	Directly elected
	Hugo Vandenberghe	Directly elected
	Etienne Schouppe	Community
	Luc Van den Brande	Community
	Mia De Schamphelaere	Coopted

Flemish Interest (6 [+1])

	Senator	Type
	Hugo Coveliers (ex VLD/Vivant)	Directly elected
	Anke Vandermeersch	Directly elected
	Frank Creyelman^[3]	Directly elected
	Wim Verreycken	Directly elected
	Joris Van Hauthem	Community
	Karim Van Overmeire	Community
	Yves Buysse	Coopted
	Jurgen Ceder	Directly elected
	Nele Jansegers	Directly elected

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats / Vivant (10 [-2])

	Senator	Type
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Community
		Community
		Coopted
		Coopted
		→ Flemish Interest	Directly elected
		← Devolder → List Dedecker	Community

List Dedecker (2 [+2])

	Senator	Type
	(ex SP.A)	Directly elected
	(ex VLD)	Community

Different Socialist Party / Spirit (11)

French-speaking

Socialist Party (12)

	Senator	Type
		Directly elected
	← Di Rupo	Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
		Directly elected
	← Laloy	Directly elected
		Community
	(ex MR)	Community
	N/A ← Istasse	Community
	Joëlle Kapompolé ← Poty	Community
		Coopted
	← Vienne	Coopted

Humanist Democratic Centre (3 [-1])

	Senator	Type
		Directly elected
		Community
		Community
		→ Reformist Movement	Directly elected

Ecolo (2)

	Senator	Type
		Directly elected
		Community

National Front (1 [-1])

	Senator	Type
		Coopted
			Directly elected

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liste des sénateurs (par catégorie) - Législature 2003-2007.
2. In February 2007, VLD changed its name into Open VLD.
3. Creyelman replaced Frank Vanhecke.