Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Senate (Dutch: Senaat ⓘ; French: Sénat ⓘ; German: Senat ⓘ) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament. [1]
The Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl], literally "First Chamber of the States General", or simply Eerste Kamer [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər] ⓘ; sometimes Senaat ⓘ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands.
1 July 1936 6 March 1939 19. Robert Gillon: Liberal Party: 26 April 1939 8 November 1947 20. Henri Rolin: BSP-PSB: 11 November 1947 6 November 1949 21. Robert Gillon: Liberal Party: 8 November 1949 30 April 1950 22. Paul Struye: CVP–PSC: 27 June 1950 12 March 1954 23. Robert Gillon: Liberal Party: 5 May 1954 29 April 1958 24. Paul Struye: CVP ...
Tobias van Gent (born 14 January 1967) is a Dutch historian and politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) from 5 September 2018 until 31 March 2021.
Between 11 June 2019 and 6 June 2023, 91 individuals served as representatives in Senate, the 75-seat upper house of the States-General of the Netherlands. 75 members were elected in the 27 May 2019 Senate election, and 16 members were appointed as replacements as elected representatives resigned or went on leave.
[1] 1483 - Printing press in operation. [7] 1531 - St Bavo's Cathedral built. [8] 1559 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent established. [9] 1576 - Pacification of Ghent signed - an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands. [8] [1] 1584 - Spaniards in power. [8] 1667 - The oldest Belgian newspaper, the Gazet van Gent was founded. [1]
In 1803, the canton of Eeklo was merged with the Arrondissement of Sas-van-Gent to form the Arrondissement of Eeklo. The canton of Kruishoutem was ceded to the Arrondissement of Oudenaarde in 1818. In 1921, parts of Laarne and Kalken (in the Arrondissement of Dendermonde) were added to the arrondissement to form the new municipality of Beervelde.
Just before the expiry of the ten-year Senate term, the UP split over the issue of South Africa's participation in the Second World War. The followers of the former prime minister J. B. M. Hertzog entered the 1939 Senate election as a separate party, having left the United Party but not yet arranged a merger with the opposition Purified ...