List of presidents of the Senate (Netherlands)

This is a list of presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands.

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 (16 years, 309 days) [Ret]	Christian Historical Union	1929–1932
					1932–1935
					1935–1937
					1937–1946
		Dr. Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956)	23 July 1946 – 1 June 1951 (4 years, 313 days) [Res]	Free-thinking Democratic League	1946–1948
				Labour Party	1948–1951
		Jan Jonkman (1891–1976)	1 June 1951 – 20 September 1966 (18 years, 111 days) [Ret]	Labour Party
					1951–1952
					1952–1955
					1956–1960
					1960–1963
					1963–1966
		Dr. Jan Mazure (1899–1990)	20 September 1966 – 16 September 1969 (2 years, 361 days) [Ret]	Labour Party	1966–1969
		Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (1904–1978)	16 September 1969 – 18 September 1973 (4 years, 2 days) [Res]	Labour Party	1969–1971
					1971–1974
		Dr. Theo Thurlings (1916–1997)	18 September 1973 – 13 September 1983 (9 years, 360 days) [Ret]	Catholic People's Party
					1974–1977
					1977–1980
				Christian Democratic Appeal	1980–1981
					1981–1983
		Dr. Piet Steenkamp (1925–2016)	13 September 1983 – 11 June 1991 (7 years, 271 days) [Ret]	Christian Democratic Appeal	1983–1986
					1986–1987
					1987–1991
		Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942)	11 June 1991 – 11 March 1997 (5 years, 273 days) [App]	Labour Party	1991–1995
					1995–1999
		Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931)	11 March 1997 – 2 October 2001 (4 years, 205 days) [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
					1999–2003
		Gerrit Braks (1933–2017)	2 October 2001 – 10 June 2003 (1 year, 251 days) [Ret]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Yvonne Timmerman-Buck (born 1956)	17 June 2003 – 6 October 2009 (6 years, 111 days) [App]	Christian Democratic Appeal	2003–2007
					2007–2011
		René van der Linden (born 1943)	6 October 2009 – 28 June 2011 (1 year, 265 days) [Rel]	Christian Democratic Appeal
		Fred de Graaf (born 1950)	28 June 2011 – 2 July 2013 (2 years, 4 days) [Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2011–2015
		Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946)	2 July 2013 – 11 June 2019 (5 years, 344 days) [App]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
					2015–2019
		Dr. Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 1958)	2 July 2019 – Incumbent (5 years, 128 days)	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2019–present

^Resigned

^Retired

^{Not re-elected}

^{Appointed as Vice-President of the Council of State}

^{Appointed as Member of the Council of State}

^{Appointed as State Secretary for Justice and Security}

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

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