National
Senate
- Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Governs Netherlands · Part of States General
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Senate in plain words
- What it can't do
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The Senate can approve or reject bills but cannot amend them, and it meets part-time. Its 75 members are not elected by voters directly but by the provincial councils elected in the same year.
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Who sits on it
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President of the Senate
Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- M.L. Vos President of the Senate
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75 members of the Senate
Elected
- A. Griffioen Member of the Senate D66 · since June 2023
- A.J.A. Beukering Member of the Senate · since November 2021
- A.J.M. van Kesteren Member of the Senate PVV · since September 2017
- A. Kanis Member of the Senate D66 · since November 2025
- A.P.M. van Wijk Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- A. Ramsodit Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2023
- A.Sj. van der Goot Member of the Senate · since June 2023
- A. van Langen-Visbeek Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- A.W.J.A. van Hattem Member of the Senate PVV · since June 2015
- B. Kroon Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- B.O. Dittrich Member of the Senate D66 · since June 2019
- C.A.H. van de Sanden Member of the Senate · since June 2024
- C.P.M. Moonen Member of the Senate D66 · since June 2019
- D.M.G. Roovers Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2023
- E.B. van Apeldoorn Member of the Senate SP · since June 2015
- E. Kemperman Member of the Senate FVD · since June 2023
- E.W. Hartog Member of the Senate Volt · since June 2023
- F.J.M. Crone Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- F. Karimi Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- F. van Knapen Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- F.W.J. Holterhues Member of the Senate ChristenUnie · since June 2023
- G.A. van Strien Member of the Senate PVV · since June 2011
- G.J. Oplaat Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- G.K. Perin-Gopie Member of the Senate Volt · since June 2023
- G.V.M. Veldhoen Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- H.A. Marquart Scholtz Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- H.A.M. Janssen-van Helvoort Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2023
- H. Doornhof Member of the Senate CDA · since June 2019
- H.J.J. Talsma Member of the Senate ChristenUnie · since April 2021
- H.J. Meijer Member of the Senate VVD · since June 2019
- H.W. Vogels Member of the Senate VVD · since June 2023
- I.A. Bezaan Member of the Senate PVV · since June 2019
- I.J. Visseren-Hamakers Member of the Senate · since June 2023
- I.M. Lagas Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- J. Bakker-Klein Member of the Senate CDA · since June 2023
- J.C. Huizinga-Heringa Member of the Senate ChristenUnie · since June 2019
- J.C.M. van den Oetelaar Member of the Senate FVD · since June 2023
- J. Dessing Member of the Senate FVD · since June 2019
- J.P.M. Steenkamp Member of the Senate CDA · since May 2026
- J. Recourt Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- K.C.J. Straus Member of the Senate VVD · since July 2025
- K. Petersen Member of the Senate VVD · since June 2023
- K. van Bijsterveld Member of the Senate JA21 · since June 2023
- M.C.T. Fiers Member of the Senate PRO · since August 2020
- M.J. de Vries Member of the Senate SGP · since December 2023
- M.J. Kaljouw Member of the Senate VVD · since June 2023
- M.J.L. Goossen Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- M.J. van Rooijen Member of the Senate 50PLUS · since August 2017
- M. Karaaslan Member of the Senate D66 · since February 2026
- M.L. Vos Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- M.M. van Toorenburg Member of the Senate CDA · since June 2023
- M.N.J. van der Linden Member of the Senate VVD · since January 2025
- N.C. Thijssen Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2023
- N.K. Koffeman Member of the Senate PvdD · since June 2007
- P.H. van Meenen Member of the Senate D66 · since June 2023
- P. Nicolaï Member of the Senate PvdD · since June 2019
- P. Rosenmöller Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- P. Schalk Member of the Senate SGP · since June 2015
- P.V.A. Walenkamp Member of the Senate · since February 2025
- R.A. Janssen Member of the Senate SP · since June 2019
- R. Baumgarten Member of the Senate JA21 · since June 2023
- R. Lievense Member of the Senate BBB · since February 2024
- R.M.J. van Gasteren Member of the Senate · since July 2023
- R.O. Martens Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2023
- R.S. Croll Member of the Senate D66 · since June 2023
- R. van Aelst-den Uijl Member of the Senate SP · since February 2024
- R. van Gurp Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- S.M. Kluit Member of the Senate PRO · since June 2019
- S.T. Musa Member of the Senate VVD · since September 2025
- Th.W. Rietkerk Member of the Senate CDA · since June 2019
- T.J.F.M. Bovens Member of the Senate CDA · since June 2023
- T. Klip-Martin Member of the Senate VVD · since July 2016
- T. Panman Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- W.C.P.H. Jaspers Member of the Senate BBB · since June 2023
- W.T. van Ballekom Member of the Senate VVD · since June 2019
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Sources for who sits on it
- M.L. Vos as President of the Senate en.wikipedia.org · checked
What it can do
- Approving or rejecting bills
The Senate decides on bills already passed by the House of Representatives and cannot amend them (Constitution art. 85); treaties need States General approval (art. 91).
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Senate of Peru / Chamber of Deputies of Peru, read 2026-10-12: presiding officers. Fallback: Wikipedia, official sites did not state the presidency. For: M.L. Vos as President of the Senate
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