The president of the Senate (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Senaat, French: Président du Sénat) is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Belgium. The current president of the Senate is Stephanie D'Hose.
It is custom that the president gets its portrait painted by an artist, in the collection of art of the Senate some famous works can be found like portraits painted by Alfred Cluysenaar.
^Paul Struye became a member of the francophone PSC following the split of the unitary CVP–PSC in 1972.
Sources
Laureys, Véronique; Mark Van den Wijngaert; Luc François; Emmanuel Gerard; Jean-Pierre Nandrin; Jean Stengers (1999). De geschiedenis van de Belgische Senaat: 1831-1995. Tielt: Lannoo. ISBN 90-209-3682-4.
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