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Federal Parliament of Belgium

  • Dutch: Federaal Parlement
  • French: Parlement fédéral
  • German: Föderales Parlament

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  • (set by law; may still move) General election · Member of the Chamber of Representatives

Chamber of Representatives

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  • Federal legislative power

    Federal legislative power is exercised jointly by the King, the House of Representatives and the Senate (Constitution, Art. 36), with the Senate fully competent only for the matters listed in Art. 77; for other matters the King and the House legislate (Art. 74).

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  • dekamer.be · checked Belgian House of Representatives, The Belgian Constitution (English translation), March 2021, read 2026-10-12: Art. 36 (federal legislative power exercised jointly by the King, the House and the Senate), Art. 63 (150 representatives), Art. 67 (60 senators). For: Federal Parliament of Belgium
  • belgium.be · checked Official Dutch, French and German names of Belgian federal and regional bodies as used by their own institutions (Kamer/Chambre, Senaat/Sénat, regional parliaments); names from general knowledge of the official usage, not read page by page on 2026-10-12. official=false pending verification. For: Federal Parliament of Belgium in Dutch, Federal Parliament of Belgium in French, Federal Parliament of Belgium in German
  • dekamer.be · checked Belgian House of Representatives, The Belgian Constitution (English translation), March 2021, read 2026-10-12: article cited in each power description. For: Federal legislative power
  • dekamer.be · checked Belgian House of Representatives, The Belgian Constitution (English translation), March 2021, read 2026-10-12: Art. 63, 65, 67: number of seats, term and how members are chosen. For: President of the Chamber of Representatives, Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Community Senator, Co-opted Senator
  • senate.be · checked Belgian Senate, English home page, read 2026-10-12: the Senate has a President (Speaker); office added because the presiding officer was missing. For: President of the Senate
  • dekamer.be · checked indirect / chosen_by_college "Community and regional parliaments": from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:be] Belgian House of Representatives, The Belgian Constitution (English translation), March 2021, read 2026-10-12); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: Community Senator
  • dekamer.be · checked indirect / chosen_by_college "Community senators of each language group": from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:be] Belgian House of Representatives, The Belgian Constitution (English translation), March 2021, read 2026-10-12); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: Co-opted Senator
  • dekamer.be · checked Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Politieke samenstelling - Composition politique, DOC 56 0003/011, 21 September 2026 (replaces list of 29/05/2026), read 2026-10-12: member, political group and electoral district. For: Achraf El Yakhloufi as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Arthur Orlians as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Bert Wollants as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Dorien Cuylaerts as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Ellen Samyn as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp and 136 more
  • dekamer.be · checked Chamber of Representatives, list of members (English page), read 2026-10-12: current member and party/group. Start date not on the list, left empty. For: Achraf El Yakhloufi as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Arthur Orlians as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Bert Wollants as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Dorien Cuylaerts as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Ellen Samyn as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp and 145 more
  • dekamer.be · checked Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Politieke samenstelling - Composition politique, DOC 56 0003/011, 21 September 2026 (replaces list of 29/05/2026), read 2026-10-12: member, political group and electoral district; party Ecolo/Groen from the member's language group (F/N) within the Ecolo-Groen group. For: Meyrem Almaci as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Staf Aerts as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Antwerp, Claire Hugon Lecharlier as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Brussels-Capital, Rajae Maouane as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Brussels-Capital, Jeroen Van Lysebettens as Member of the Chamber of Representatives, East Flanders and 4 more
  • lachambre.be · checked Chamber of Representatives, committee report DOC 56 0568/011 (2026), read via search 2026-10-12: "M. Peter De Roover, président de la Chambre"; plenary of 5 February 2026 chaired by him. Confirms he is still President. For: Peter De Roover as President of the Chamber of Representatives
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Peter De Roover, read 2026-10-12: President of the Chamber of Representatives since 10 July 2024 (also De Wever Government page). Fallback: Wikipedia, because dekamer.be has no reachable page giving the date. For: Peter De Roover as President of the Chamber of Representatives
  • dekamer.be · checked Wikipedia, Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) infobox, read 2026-10-12: Peter De Roover (N-VA) is President of the Chamber; he is also on the Chamber member list. Fallback: Wikipedia, because the Chamber site did not show the presiding officer in the fetched page. Start date left empty. For: Peter De Roover as President of the Chamber of Representatives
  • senate.be · checked Belgian Senate, English home page (page assets dated December 2025), read 2026-10-12: Vincent Blondel is the current Speaker of the Senate. Party Les Engagés and start date from Wikipedia (De Wever Government page: President of the Senate since 21 February 2025) not loaded as start date because unconfirmed officially. Fallback for party: Wikipedia. For: Vincent Blondel as President of the Senate
  • eur-lex.europa.eu · checked EUR-Lex, Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage (1976), Art. 10(2), read 2026-10-12; with the Belgian Constitution (English translation, Chamber of Representatives, update of 17 March 2021) Art. 65/117: default election date 10 June 2029 (Sunday of the 7-10 June 2029 period), unconfirmed. Replaces placeholder 2029-06-09, which was a Saturday. For: General election, June 10, 2029
  • dekamer.be · checked Belgian House of Representatives, The Belgian Constitution (English translation), March 2021, read 2026-10-12: Art. 65: five-year term, same day as European Parliament election; date is a placeholder (fifth anniversary of 9 June 2024). For: General election, June 10, 2029

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