This is a list of presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands.
Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
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Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 21 September 1815 | 19 October 1818 | Government-inclined |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 19 October 1818 | 18 October 1819 | Orangist |
Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 10 October 1819 | 16 October 1820 | Government-inclined |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 16 October 1820 | 15 October 1821 | Orangist |
Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 15 October 1821 | 21 October 1822 | Government-inclined |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 21 October 1822 | 20 October 1823 | Orangist |
Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 20 October 1823 | 18 October 1824 | Government-inclined |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 18 October 1824 | 17 October 1825 | Orangist |
Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 17 October 1825 | 16 October 1826 | Government-inclined |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 16 October 1826 | 15 October 1827 | Orangist |
Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 15 October 1827 | 20 October 1828 | Government-inclined |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 20 October 1828 | 19 October 1829 | Orangist |
Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise | 19 October 1829 | 13 September 1830 | Government-inclined |
Charles Alexandre Francois Rasse Prins de Gavre | September 1830 | 18 October 1830 | |
Willem Frederik Roëll | 21 October 1833 | 20 October 1834 | Orangist |
Willem Frederik van Reede | October 1834 | 13 August 1838 | Government-inclined |
Arnoldus van Gennep | October 1838 | October 1845 | Conservative (before 1848) |
Hendrik Rudolph Trip | October 1845 | 13 February 1849 | |
Louis Gaspard Adrien van Limburg Stirum | 13 February 1849 | 20 August 1850 | Moderate or moderate liberal |
Dominicus Blankenheym | 7 October 1850 | 15 September 1851 | Liberal |
Jacob Constantijn Martens van Sevenhoven | 15 September 1851 | 18 September 1852 | Conservative (after 1848) |
Johan Anthonie Philipse | 20 September 1852 | 16 September 1870 | |
Hendrick van Beeck Vollenhoven | 19 September 1870 | 1 August 1871 | Moderate or moderate liberal |
Eugèn Jean Alexander van Bylandt | 18 September 1871 | 19 September 1874 | Liberal |
Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk | 21 September 1874 | 24 April 1880 | Moderate or moderate liberal |
Frans Julius Johan van Eysinga | 18 May 1880 | 11 October 1894 | Liberal |
17 November 1884 | 17 August 1887 | ||
19 August 1887 | 27 March 1888 | ||
Willem Anne Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | 1 May 1888 | 3 August 1889 | Conservative (after 1848) |
Albertus van Naamen van Eemnes | 17 September 1889 | 7 March 1902 | Liberal |
Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | 17 March 1902 | 11 March 1914 | Vrij-ANRCHP (16 April 1903), CHR (9 July 1908) Anti-Revolutionary Party (before split in 1894) |
Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst | 12 May 1914 | 17 September 1929 | Algemeene Bond van RK-kiesverenigingen (RKSP)RKSP |
President of the Senate | Term of office | Party | Parliamentary Period | ||
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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 | |||||
Dr. Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956) | 23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 | 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 | |||||
Dr. Jan 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 | Labour Party | 1969–1971 | ||
1971–1974 | |||||
Dr. 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 | |||||
Dr. 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 | Labour Party | 1991–1995 | ||
1995–1999 | |||||
Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931) | 11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |||||
Dr. Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958) | 2 July 2019 – Incumbent | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 2019–present | ||