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Website. www.fed-parl.be. The Federal Parliament (Dutch: Federaal Parlement; French: Parlement fédéral; ‹See Tfd› German: Föderales Parlament) is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives [A] and the Senate [B]. It sits in the Palace of the Nation (Dutch: Paleis der Natie; French: Palais de la ...
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The Senate (Dutch: Senaat [səˈnaːt] ⓘ; French: Sénat [sena] ⓘ; 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 ] Created in 1831 as a chamber fully equal to the Chamber of ...
The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers ⓘ, French: Chambre des représentants, ‹See Tfd› German: Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered to be the "lower house" of the Federal Parliament.
e. The politics of Belgium take place in the framework of a federal, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy. The King of the Belgians is the head of state, and the prime minister of Belgium is the head of government, in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both ...
since 11 October 2014, replacing Theo Francken, who became Secretary of State in the Michel Government. Dirk Janssens. Open Vld. Flemish Brabant. Dutch. since 11 October 2014, replacing Maggie De Block, who became Minister in the Michel Government. Karine Jiroflée. sp.a. Flemish Brabant.
From the creation of the Belgian state in 1830 and throughout most of the 19th century, two political parties dominated Belgian politics: the Catholic Party (Church-oriented and conservative) and the Liberal Party (anti-clerical and progressive). In the late 19th century, the Labour Party arose to represent the emerging industrial working class ...
The 87 representatives elected from the five Flemish Region provinces, Antwerp (24), East Flanders (20), Flemish Brabant (15), Limburg (12) and West Flanders (16), automatically belonged to the Dutch-speaking language group in parliament, whereas those 47 elected from the five provinces of Wallonia, Hainaut (17), Liège (14), Luxembourg (4 ...