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.

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

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	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	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	Labour Party	1991–1995
					1995–1999
		Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931)	11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001	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	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	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