Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)

The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers , French: Chambre des représentants, German: Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate.

Chamber of Representatives
55th legislature (2019–2024)
Type
Type	Lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament
Leadership
President	Patrick Dewael, Open VLD Since 27 June 2019
Majority leaders	David Clarinval, MR Servais Verherstraeten, CD&V Vincent Van Quickenborne, Open Vld
Opposition leaders	Peter De Roover, N-VA Ahmed Laaouej, PS Meryame Kitir, sp.a Kristof Calvo, Ecolo-Groen Catherine Fonck, cdH
Structure
Seats	150 representatives
Political groups	Minority Government (38)      MR (14)      CD&V (12)      Open Vld (12) Confidence-and-supply (57)      PS (20)      Ecolo (13)      sp.a (9)      Groen (8)      cdH (5)      DéFI (2) Opposition (55)      N-VA (25)      VB (18)      PVDA-PTB (12)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation within eleven constituencies, with 5% constituency electoral thresholds
Last election	26 May 2019
Next election	2024
Meeting place
Palace of the Nation Brussels, Region of Brussels, Belgium
Website
www.dekamer.be lachambre.be

It is considered to be the "lower house" of the Federal Parliament.

Other websites

• Chamber of Representatives Official Webpage
• Federal Government Official Webpage