List of presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands

The President of the Senate (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal) is one of the 75 members of the Senate of the Netherlands and is elected to lead its meetings and be its representative.^[2]

President of the Senate Voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Coat of arms of the Senate
Incumbent Jan Anthonie Bruijn since 2 July 2019 (2019-07-02)
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Netherlands
Formation	21 September 1815 (1815-09-21)
First holder	Charles Thiennes de Lombise[1]

The office has been held by Jan Anthonie Bruijn of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2 July 2019.

List of presidents

President of the Senate			Term of office	Party	Parliamentary period
		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
		Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956)	23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 [Res]	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
		Jannis Pieter 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 [Res]	Labour Party	1969–1971
					1971–1974
		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
		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 [Res] [Note]	Labour Party	1991–1995
					1995–1999
		Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931)	11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 [Res]	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 [Res] [Note]	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 [Res]	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
		Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958)	2 July 2019 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2019–present

Related pages

• List of speakers of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands