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| leader1_type = President of the Federal Senate
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| leader1 = [[Georg Stuck]] ([[Summingia]])
| leader1 = [[Linda Seidenbach]] ([[Greuningia]], [[National Besmenian Party|NBP]])
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| leader2_type = Vice President of the Federal Senate
| leader2_type = Vice President of the Federal Senate
| leader2 = [[Marie Ledermann]] ([[Trissia]])
| leader2 = [[Holger Grauber]] ([[Jakartaburg]], [[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|FBBP]])
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*{{legend|#0F0FFF|[[Besmenian People's Party]]: 23 seats}}
*{{legend|#0F0FFF|[[Besmenian People's Party]]: 20 seats}}
*{{legend|#FF0000|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|Social Democratic Union]]: 13 seats}}
*{{legend|#FFFF00|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party]]: 15 seats}}
*{{legend|#FFFF00|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party]]: 12 seats}}
*{{legend|#32CD32|[[Green Party of Besmenia]]: 11 seats}}
*{{legend|#32CD32|[[Green Party of Besmenia]]: 10 seats}}
*{{legend|#FF0000|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|Social Democratic Union]]: 8 seats}}
*{{legend|#00CED1|[[National Besmenian Party]]: 3 seats}}
*{{legend|#00CED1|[[National Besmenian Party]]: 6 seats}}
*{{legend|#CE3200|[[Party of the Besmenian Left]]: 2 seat}}
*{{legend|#CE3200|[[Party of the Besmenian Left]]: 2 seat}}
*{{legend|#DAA520|[[Centre Alliance of Besmenia]]: 1 seat}}
*{{legend|#DAA520|[[Centre Alliance of Besmenia]]: 1 seat}}
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The Federal Senate (Besmenian: ''Bundessenat'') is the upper house of the Federal Republic of [[Besmenia]]. Through the Federal Senate, the states participate in federal legislation and administration as well as in international affairs. Each state is represented by members of its state government. In this way, the interests of the federal states are taken into account in the formation of the political will of the state as a whole.
The '''Federal Senate''' (Besmenian: ''Bundessenat'') is the upper house of the Federal Republic of [[Besmenia]]. Through the Federal Senate, the states participate in federal legislation and administration as well as in international affairs. Each state is represented by members of its state government. In this way, the interests of the federal states are taken into account in the formation of the political will of the state as a whole.
 
From 1920 to 1940, the members of the Federal Senate were directly elected by the population. In January 1945, through an amendment to the Basic Law, a new composition was introduced, whereby the members of the Federal Senate are now appointed by the respective state parliaments and each federal state takes over the presidency for one year.
==History==
==History==
===Tasks===
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==Tasks==
* Representation of a federal state at the federal level
* Representation of a federal state at the federal level
* Opinion on government drafts
* Opinion on government drafts
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==Composition==
==Composition==
[[File:Political Besmenian map state governments.png|180px|thumb|left|The distribution of seats in the Federal Senate is based on the governing coalitions of the Besmenian states.]]
The parties that are involved in the state government in the respective state are represented in the Federal Senate. The individual members of the Federal Senate are sent to the Federal Senate by their individual state chambers. The prerequisite is that the members of the Federal Senate must have a seat in their state chambers. The distribution of seats changes after a state election and the subsequent formation of a new government in the respective state.
The parties that are involved in the state government in the respective state are represented in the Federal Senate. The individual members of the Federal Senate are sent to the Federal Senate by their individual state chambers. The prerequisite is that the members of the Federal Senate must have a seat in their state chambers. The distribution of seats changes after a state election and the subsequent formation of a new government in the respective state.


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If there are 5 seats, with a coalition of two parties in the state government, the strongest party receives 3 seats and the second strongest 2 seats. In coalitions with three parties, the first and second strongest party receives 2 seats, while the third strongest receives one seat.
If there are 5 seats, with a coalition of two parties in the state government, the strongest party receives 3 seats and the second strongest 2 seats. In coalitions with three parties, the first and second strongest party receives 2 seats, while the third strongest receives one seat.
===Number of seats===
===Number of seats===
On the occasion of the Besmenian reunification in 1967 the Federal Senate agreed on the following number of seats:
Between 1920 until 1944 the number of seats was 52. On the occasion of the the new composition law of 1945 the Federal Senate agreed on the following number of seats:


*Each state receives at least four seats
*Each state receives at least four seats
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! State !! MPs !! [[Besmenian People's Party|BVP]] !! [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|SDU]] !! [[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|FBBP]] !! [[Green Party of Besmenia|GPB]] !! [[Party of the Besmenian Left|PBL]] !! [[National Besmenian Party|NBP]] !! [[Centre Alliance of Besmenia|ZAB]]  
! State !! MPs !! [[Besmenian People's Party|BVP]] !! [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|SDU]] !! [[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|FBBP]] !! [[Green Party of Besmenia|GPB]] !! [[Party of the Besmenian Left|PBL]] !! [[National Besmenian Party|NBP]] !! [[Centre Alliance of Besmenia|ZAB]]  
|-
|-
| [[Frankenburg]] || 4 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Frankenburg]] || 4 || - || 1 || 2 || 1 || - ||- || -  
|-
|-
| [[Gablitz]] || 4 || 2 || - || - || 2 || - ||- || -
| [[Gablitz]] || 4 || 2 || - || 1 || - || - ||- || 1
|-
|-
| [[Greuningia]] || 5 || 3 || - || 2 || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Greuningia]] || 5 || 2 || - || - || - || - ||3 || -  
|-
|-
| [[Jakartaburg]] || 4 || - || 2 || 2 || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Jakartaburg]] || 4 || - || - || 2 || 2 || - ||- || -  
|-
|-
| [[Laitstadt]] || 5 || - || 2 || - || 2 || 1 ||- || -  
| [[Laitstadt]] || 5 || - || 2 || - || 2 || 1 ||- || -  
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| [[Lemberland]] || 5 || 2 || - || 2 || 1 || - || - || -  
| [[Lemberland]] || 5 || 2 || - || 2 || 1 || - || - || -  
|-
|-
| [[Maurenmark]] || 5 || 3 || 2 || - || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Maurenmark]] || 5 || - || 2 || - || 2 || 1 ||- || -  
|-
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| [[Metakumburg]] || 4 || - || 1 || 2 || 1 || - ||- || -  
| [[Metakumburg]] || 4 || - || 1 || 2 || 1 || - ||- || -  
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| [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] || 4 || 2 || - || 2 || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] || 4 || 2 || - || 2 || - || - ||- || -  
|-
|-
| [[Palingia]] || 4 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Palingia]] || 4 || 4 || - || - || - || - ||- || -  
|-
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| [[Sedakania]] || 6 || 6 || - || - || - || - ||- || -  
| [[Sedakania]] || 6 || 3 || - || - || - || - ||3 || -  
|-
|-
| [[Summingia]] || 5 || 2 || - || 2 || - || - || - || 1  
| [[Summingia]] || 5 || 2 || - || 2 || - || - || - || 1  
|-
|-
| [[Trissia]] || 5 || - || 2 || - || 2 || 1 || - || -  
| [[Tergau]] || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - || -  
|-
|-
| [[Zollingia]] || 4 || 2 || - || - || 2 || - || - || -  
| [[Zollingia]] || 4 || 2 || - || - || 2 || - || - || -  
|-
|-
| '''Overall''' || '''64''' || '''26'''|| '''13'''       || '''12'''        ||  '''10'''       || '''2'''        || '''-''' ||'''1'''
| '''Overall''' || '''64''' || 20|| 8       || '''15'''        ||  11      || 2        || '''6''' ||2  
|}
 
==List of members of the Besmenian Federal Senate==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|'''Key'''
|colspan=2 | {{hlist|{{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Besmenian People's Party]] (BVP) | {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party]] (FBBP) | {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|Social Democratic Union]] (SDU) | {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Green Party of Besmenia]] (GPB) | {{color box|00CED1}} [[National Besmenian Party]] (NBP) | {{color box|#CE3200}} [[Party of the Besmenian Left]] (PBL) | {{color box|#DAA520}} [[Centre Alliance of Besmenia]] (ZAB)}}
|}
|}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
====[[Frankenburg]]====
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Alexander Schlesinger]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Karin Kneifmann]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Helmut Pohl]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Joachim Holter]] (GPB)
====[[Gablitz]]====
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Viktor Sauer]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Martina Stäbler]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Gregor Zimmer]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#DAA520}} [[Martin Freier]] (ZAB)
====[[Greuningia]]====
: {{color box|#00CED1}} [[Linda Seidenbach]] (NBP)
: {{color box|#00CED1}} [[Thomas Bleimann]] (NBP)
: {{color box|#00CED1}} [[Kerstin Schönau]] (NBP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Markus Krüger]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Peter Trümmer]] (BVP)
====[[Jakartaburg]]====
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Holger Grauber]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Christopher Springer]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#32cd32}} [[Martin Landsteiner]] (GPB)
: {{color box|#32cd32}} [[Paula Becken]] (GPB)
{{col-break}}
====[[Laitstadt]]====
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Tanja Balzer-Künert]] (GPB)
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Lukas Kellermann]] (GPB)
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Armin Rutter]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Peter Ziehbock]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#CE3200}} [[Sarah Heinecke]] (PBL)
====[[Lemberland]]====
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Peter Blanke]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Klara Weitzmann]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Michael Kreimer]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Jörg Baader]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Tristan Pilz]] (GPB)
====[[Maurenmark]]====
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Teresa Bà'oapàjaváta]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Erik Strohmann]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#32cd32}} [[Karin Bendtmann]] (GPB)
: {{color box|#32cd32}} [[Beate Schlessinger-Brühl]] (GPB)
: {{color box|#CE3200}} [[Jürgen Weitzer]] (PBL)
====[[Metakumburg]]====
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Michael Tausend]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Boris Richter]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Lisa Faymann-Richter]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Paula Frömbach]] (GPB)
{{col-break}}
====[[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]]====
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Gregor Zöller]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Dieter Brandt]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Peter Kocher]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Michael Butz]] (FBBP)
====[[Palingia]]====
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Arnold Morgenthau]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Christian Berger]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Elisabeth Turmherr]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Karsten Kützer]] (BVP)
====[[Sedakania]]====
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Vanessa Halm]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Franz Pröll]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Georg Mittelbach]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#00CED1}} [[Walter Heutzer]] (NBP)
: {{color box|#00CED1}} [[Katherina Winkel-Holzmann]] (NBP)
: {{color box|#00CED1}} [[Arnold Schmitt]] (NBP)
====[[Summingia]]====
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Georg Stuck]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Johanna Liesinger-Baum]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Norbert Kessler]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Nadine Heidenbach]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#DAA520}} [[Marcus Schnabel]] (ZAB)
{{col-break}}
====[[Tergau]]====
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Marie Ledermann]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#FF0000}} [[Thorsten Helfrich]] (SDU)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Daniel Seifer]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#FFFF00}} [[Ursula König]] (FBBP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Birgitt Hodermann]] (BVP)
====[[Zollingia]]====
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Franz Blauweim]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#0F0FFF}} [[Werner Kulitzer]] (BVP)
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Svenja Fenger]] (GPB)
: {{color box|#32CD32}} [[Moritz Schlössing]] (GPB)
{{col-end}}


==Presidency==
==Presidency==
The executive committee consists of the president and a vice president. When it was founded in 1920, agreement was reached on an order in which these representative offices should be filled: the governors of the federal states assume the presidency of the Federal Senate in alphabetical order of their federal states. Since 1925 the term of the presidency has been two years, before that it was one year. [[Frankenburg]] was the first western Besmenian state to assume the presidency in the period of 1975-1977.  
The executive committee consists of the president and a vice president. With the new composition act of 1945, agreement was reached on an order in which these representative offices should be filled: the governors of the federal states assume the presidency of the Federal Senate in alphabetical order of their federal states. The term of the presidency is one year. [[Zollingia]] was the first western Besmenian state to assume the presidency in 1969.  


The current president is the [[Summingia]]n governor [[Georg Stuck]], who took office on October 20, 2021.
The current president is the [[Greuningia]]n governor [[Linda Seidenbach]], who took office on January 1, 2024.
===List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate===
===List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate (1920-1944)===
===List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate (1945-present)===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
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! President !! State !! Took office !! Left office !! Party
! President  
! State  
! Took office  
! Left office  
! Party
|-
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|  || [[Gablitz]] ||2 July 1920 ||2 July 1921 ||
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1945 ||31 December 1945 ||
|-
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|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||2 July 1921 || 2 July 1922 ||
|  || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 1946 ||31 December 1946 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Neidenstein]] || 2 July 1922 || 2 July 1923 ||
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 1947 ||31 December 1947 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Sulzburg]] || 2 July 1923 || 2 July 1924 ||
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 1948 ||31 December 1948 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Summingia]] || 2 July 1924 || 2 July 1925 ||
| [[Walter Etzenbach]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 1949 ||31 December 1949 || style="background:#CCCC00; color:white;"|[[Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia|{{color|black|LBB}}]]
|-
|-
|  || [[Trissia]] || 2 July 1925 || 20 October 1927 ||
|  || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 1950 ||31 December 1950 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||20 October 1927 ||20 October 1929 ||
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1951 ||31 December 1951 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Laitstadt]] ||20 October 1929 ||20 October 1931 ||
|  || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 1952 ||31 December 1952 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||20 October 1931 ||20 October 1933 ||
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 1953 ||31 December 1953 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Neidenstein]] (1933-1934)<br/>[[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] (1934-1935) ||20 October 1933 ||20 October 1935 ||
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 1954 ||31 December 1954 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Summingia]] ||20 October 1935 ||20 October 1937 ||
| [[Walter Etzenbach]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 1955 ||31 December 1955 || style="background:#CCCC00; color:white;"|[[Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia|{{color|black|LBB}}]]
|-
|-
|  || [[Trissia]] ||20 October 1937 ||20 October 1939 ||
|  || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 1956 ||31 December 1956 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||20 October 1939 ||20 October 1941 ||
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1957 ||31 December 1957 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Laitstadt]] ||20 October 1941 ||20 October 1943 ||
|  || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 1958 ||31 December 1958 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||20 October 1943 ||20 October 1945 ||
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 1959 ||31 December 1959 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||20 October 1945 ||20 October 1947 ||
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 1960 ||31 December 1960 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Summingia]] ||20 October 1947 ||20 October 1949 ||
| [[Manfred Krause]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 1961 ||31 December 1961 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
|  || [[Trissia]] ||20 October 1949 ||20 October 1951 ||
|  || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 1962 ||31 December 1962 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||20 October 1951 ||20 October 1953 ||
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1963 ||31 December 1963 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Laitstadt]] ||20 October 1953 ||20 October 1955 ||
| [[Robert Gleitzmann]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 1964 ||31 December 1964 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||20 October 1955 ||20 October 1957 ||
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 1965 ||31 December 1965 ||
|-
|-
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||20 October 1957 ||20 October 1959 ||
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 1966 ||31 December 1966 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Summingia]] ||20 October 1959 ||20 October 1961 ||
| [[Kurt Weimer]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 1967 ||31 December 1967 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
|  || [[Trissia]] ||20 October 1961 ||20 October 1963 ||
|  || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 1968 ||31 December 1968 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Gablitz]] ||20 October 1963 ||20 October 1965 ||
| [[Horst Lommberg]] || [[Zollingia]] ||1 January 1969 ||31 December 1969 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Robert Gleitzmann]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||20 October 1965 ||20 October 1967 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Ulf Engelbert]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||1 January 1970 ||31 December 1970 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||20 October 1967 ||20 October 1969 ||
|  || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1971 ||31 December 1971 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||20 October 1969 ||20 October 1971 ||
| [[Günther Hauknecht]] || [[Greuningia]] ||1 January 1972 ||31 December 1972 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| || [[Summingia]] ||20 October 1971 ||20 October 1973 ||
| [[Richard Brühl]] || [[Jakartaburg]] ||1 January 1973 ||31 December 1973 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| || [[Trissia]] ||20 October 1973 ||20 October 1975 ||
| [[Rainer Fischer]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 1974 ||31 December 1974 ||style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Konstantin Herbmann]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||20 October 1975 ||20 October 1977 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Herbert Dollinger]] || [[Lemberland]] ||1 January 1975 ||31 December 1975 ||style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| || [[Gablitz]] ||20 October 1977 ||20 October 1979 ||
| [[Manfred von Hagen]] || rowspan="2"|[[Maurenmark]] ||1 January 1976 ||5 July 1976 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Ulrich Bastmann]] || [[Greuningia]] ||20 October 1979 ||20 October 1981 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Norbert Schröder]] || 5 July 1976 || 31 December 1976 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Hermann Bergerknecht]] || [[Jakartaburg]] ||20 October 1981 ||20 October 1983 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 1977 ||31 December 1977 ||
|-
|-
| [[Wilfried Kuschke]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||20 October 1983 ||20 October 1985 ||style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
| || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 1978 ||31 December 1978 ||
|-
|-
| [[Manfred Gruber]] || [[Lemberland]] ||20 October 1985 ||20 October 1987 ||style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
| [[Rudolf Volksmann]] || [[Sedakania]] ||1 January 1979 ||31 December 1979 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Norbert Schröder]] || [[Maurenmark]]||20 October 1987 ||22 August 1988 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
| [[Werner Texinger senior]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 1980 ||31 December 1980 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Daniel Ulfborn]] || [[Maurenmark]] ||22 August 1988 ||20 October 1989 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
| || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 1981 ||31 December 1981 ||
|-
|-
| || [[Metakumburg]] ||20 October 1989 ||20 October 1991 ||
| [[Waldemar Fendt]] || [[Zollingia]] ||1 January 1982 ||31 December 1982 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||20 October 1991 ||20 October 1993 ||
| [[Alois Steigerwald]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||1 January 1983 ||31 December 1983 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Rainer Spindler]] || [[Sedakania]] ||20 October 1993 ||20 October 1995 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1984 ||31 December 1984 ||
|-
|-
| [[Ursula Kummstein]] || [[Summingia]] ||20 October 1995 ||20 October 1997 ||style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
| [[Ulrich Klinker]]|| [[Greuningia]] ||1 January 1985 ||31 December 1985 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
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| || [[Trissia]] ||20 October 1997 ||20 October 1999 ||
| [[Roland Fernthal]] || [[Jakartaburg]] ||1 January 1986 ||31 December 1986 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Alfred Baufuß]] || [[Zollingia]] ||20 October 1999 ||20 October 2001 ||style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Wilfried Kuschke]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 1987 ||31 December 1987 || style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
|-
|-
| [[Jörg Hofstadt]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||20 October 2001 ||20 October 2003 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Manfred Gruber]] || [[Lemberland]] ||1 January 1988 ||31 December 1988 || style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
|-
|-
| || [[Gablitz]] ||20 October 2003 ||20 October 2005 ||
| [[Helmut Borner]] || [[Maurenmark]]||1 January 1989 ||31 December 1989 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
|-
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| [[Alexander von Wiest]] || [[Greuningia]] ||20 October 2005 ||20 October 2007 || style="background:#00CED1; color:white;"|[[National Besmenian Party|{{color|white|NBP}}]]
| || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 1990 ||31 December 1990 ||
|-
|-
| [[Alfred Bienert]] || [[Jakartaburg]] ||20 October 2007 ||20 October 2009 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 1991 ||31 December 1991 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
|-
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| [[Fred Meulenbeck]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||20 October 2009 ||20 October 2011 ||  style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
| [[Rainer Spindler]] || [[Sedakania]] ||1 January 1992 ||31 December 1992 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
|-
| || [[Lemberland]] ||20 October 2011 ||20 October 2013 ||
| [[Dieter Limbach]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 1993 ||31 December 1993 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
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| [[Konrad Mann]] || [[Maurenmark]] ||20 October 2013 ||20 October 2015 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 1994 ||31 December 1994 ||
|-
|-
| [[Tom Heckmeier]] || [[Metakumburg]] ||20 October 2015 ||20 October 2017 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
| || [[Zollingia]] ||1 January 1995 ||31 December 1995 ||
|-
|-
| [[Gregor Zöller]] || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||20 October 2017 ||20 October 2019 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Alois Steigerwald]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||1 January 1996 ||31 December 1996 ||  style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
|-
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| [[Vanessa Halm]] || [[Sedakania]] ||20 October 2019 ||20 October 2021 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 1997 ||31 December 1997 ||
|-
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| [[Georg Stuck]] || [[Summingia]] ||20 October 2021 || - ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
| [[Bernhart Weber]] || rowspan="2"|[[Greuningia]] ||1 January 1998 ||12 November 1998 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
| [[Alexander von Wiest]] || 12 November 1998 || 31 December 1998 || style="background:#00CED1; color:white;"|[[National Besmenian Party|{{color|white|NBP}}]]
|-
| [[Alfred Bienert]] || [[Jakartaburg]] ||1 January 1999 ||31 December 1999 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
| [[Fred Meulenbeck]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 2000 ||31 December 2000 ||style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
|-
| [[Hans Müller]] || [[Lemberland]] ||1 January 2001 ||31 December 2001 || style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
|-
| [[Rita Reisinger-Berger]] || [[Maurenmark]]||1 January 2002 ||31 December 2002 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
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|  || [[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 2003 ||31 December 2003 ||
|-
|  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 2004 ||31 December 2004 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
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| [[Arnold Keßler]] || [[Sedakania]] ||1 January 2005 ||31 December 2005 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
| [[Josef Simmert]] || rowspan="2"|[[Summingia]] ||1 January 2006 ||10 September 2006 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
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| [[Werner Texinger junior]] || 10 September 2006 || 31 December 2006 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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|  || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 2007 ||31 December 2007 ||
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|  || [[Zollingia]] ||1 January 2008 ||31 December 2008 ||
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| [[Jörg Hofstadt]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||1 January 2009 ||31 December 2009 ||
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|  || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 2010 ||31 December 2010 ||
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| [[Albrecht Jungmann]] || [[Greuningia]] ||1 January 2011 ||31 December 2011 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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| [[Alfred Bienert]] || [[Jakartaburg]] ||1 January 2012 ||31 December 2012 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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| [[Fred Meulenbeck]] || [[Laitstadt]] ||1 January 2013 ||31 December 2013 || style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
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| [[Erich Tetzler]] || [[Lemberland]] ||1 January 2014 ||31 December 2014 ||style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
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| [[Konrad Mann]] || [[Maurenmark]]||1 January 2015 ||31 December 2015 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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| [[Gerald Ziehmann]] || rowspan="2"|[[Metakumburg]] ||1 January 2016 ||3 July 2016 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
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| [[Michael Tausend]] || 3 July 2016 || 31 December 2016 || style="background:#FFFF00; color:white;"|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|{{color|black|FBBP}}]]
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| [[Gregor Zöller]]  || [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] ||1 January 2017 ||31 December 2017 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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| [[Michael Stämper]] || [[Sedakania]] ||1 January 2018 ||31 December 2018 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
| [[Georg Stuck]] || [[Summingia]] ||1 January 2019 ||31 December 2019 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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| [[Marie Ledermann]] || [[Tergau]] ||1 January 2020 ||31 December 2020 || style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|{{color|white|SDU}}]]
|-
| [[Oskar Steinbock]] || [[Zollingia]] ||1 January 2021 ||31 December 2021 || style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
| [[Christina Liebetrau]] || [[Frankenburg]] ||1 January 2022 ||31 December 2022 ||  style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
|-
| [[Viktor Sauer]] || [[Gablitz]] ||1 January 2023 ||31 December 2023  ||style="background:#0F0FFF; color:white;"|[[Besmenian People's Party|{{color|white|BVP}}]]
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| [[Linda Seidenbach]] || [[Greuningia]] ||1 January 2024 ||Incumbent ||style="background:#00CED1; color:white;"|[[National Besmenian Party|{{color|white|NBP}}]]
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==List of current members of the Besmenian Federal Senate==
 






[[Category: Besmenia]]
[[Category: Besmenia]]

Latest revision as of 01:11, 2 November 2024

Besmenian Federal Senate

Besmenischer Bundessenat
Type
Type
History
Founded2 July 1920
Leadership
President of the Federal Senate
Vice President of the Federal Senate
Structure
Seats64
2
8
11
15
2
20
6
Political groups
(As of April 2024)
Meeting place
Budynek Senatu, Warszawa.jpg

The Federal Senate (Besmenian: Bundessenat) is the upper house of the Federal Republic of Besmenia. Through the Federal Senate, the states participate in federal legislation and administration as well as in international affairs. Each state is represented by members of its state government. In this way, the interests of the federal states are taken into account in the formation of the political will of the state as a whole.

From 1920 to 1940, the members of the Federal Senate were directly elected by the population. In January 1945, through an amendment to the Basic Law, a new composition was introduced, whereby the members of the Federal Senate are now appointed by the respective state parliaments and each federal state takes over the presidency for one year.

History

First seat distribution (1920-1924)
14
1
25
7
3
2
Total 52 seats
  • SDU: 14
  • FPB: 1
  • BDP: 25
  • BKP: 7
  • BNVP: 3
  • Ind.: 2

Tasks

  • Representation of a federal state at the federal level
  • Opinion on government drafts
  • Participation in foreign affairs
  • Right to information the federal government

Composition

The distribution of seats in the Federal Senate is based on the governing coalitions of the Besmenian states.

The parties that are involved in the state government in the respective state are represented in the Federal Senate. The individual members of the Federal Senate are sent to the Federal Senate by their individual state chambers. The prerequisite is that the members of the Federal Senate must have a seat in their state chambers. The distribution of seats changes after a state election and the subsequent formation of a new government in the respective state.

If a state is represented with 4 seats, if there are two parties in the regional state government, both parties will receive 2 seats. In a state government with three parties, the leading party receives 2 seats, while the other two parties receives one seat.

If there are 5 seats, with a coalition of two parties in the state government, the strongest party receives 3 seats and the second strongest 2 seats. In coalitions with three parties, the first and second strongest party receives 2 seats, while the third strongest receives one seat.

Number of seats

Between 1920 until 1944 the number of seats was 52. On the occasion of the the new composition law of 1945 the Federal Senate agreed on the following number of seats:

  • Each state receives at least four seats

- if there are fewer than five million inhabitants, four seats
- if there are more than five million inhabitants, five seats
- with more than 10 million inhabitants six seats

State MPs BVP SDU FBBP GPB PBL NBP ZAB
Frankenburg 4 - 1 2 1 - - -
Gablitz 4 2 - 1 - - - 1
Greuningia 5 2 - - - - 3 -
Jakartaburg 4 - - 2 2 - - -
Laitstadt 5 - 2 - 2 1 - -
Lemberland 5 2 - 2 1 - - -
Maurenmark 5 - 2 - 2 1 - -
Metakumburg 4 - 1 2 1 - - -
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 4 2 - 2 - - - -
Palingia 4 4 - - - - - -
Sedakania 6 3 - - - - 3 -
Summingia 5 2 - 2 - - - 1
Tergau 5 1 2 2 - - - -
Zollingia 4 2 - - 2 - - -
Overall 64 20 8 15 11 2 6 2

List of members of the Besmenian Federal Senate

Key

Presidency

The executive committee consists of the president and a vice president. With the new composition act of 1945, agreement was reached on an order in which these representative offices should be filled: the governors of the federal states assume the presidency of the Federal Senate in alphabetical order of their federal states. The term of the presidency is one year. Zollingia was the first western Besmenian state to assume the presidency in 1969.

The current president is the Greuningian governor Linda Seidenbach, who took office on January 1, 2024.

List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate (1920-1944)

List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate (1945-present)

President State Took office Left office Party
Gablitz 1 January 1945 31 December 1945
Laitstadt 1 January 1946 31 December 1946
Metakumburg 1 January 1947 31 December 1947
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 1948 31 December 1948
Walter Etzenbach Summingia 1 January 1949 31 December 1949 LBB
Tergau 1 January 1950 31 December 1950
Gablitz 1 January 1951 31 December 1951
Laitstadt 1 January 1952 31 December 1952
Metakumburg 1 January 1953 31 December 1953
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 1954 31 December 1954
Walter Etzenbach Summingia 1 January 1955 31 December 1955 LBB
Tergau 1 January 1956 31 December 1956
Gablitz 1 January 1957 31 December 1957
Laitstadt 1 January 1958 31 December 1958
Metakumburg 1 January 1959 31 December 1959
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 1960 31 December 1960
Manfred Krause Summingia 1 January 1961 31 December 1961 BVP
Tergau 1 January 1962 31 December 1962
Gablitz 1 January 1963 31 December 1963
Robert Gleitzmann Laitstadt 1 January 1964 31 December 1964 BVP
Metakumburg 1 January 1965 31 December 1965
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 1966 31 December 1966
Kurt Weimer Summingia 1 January 1967 31 December 1967 BVP
Tergau 1 January 1968 31 December 1968
Horst Lommberg Zollingia 1 January 1969 31 December 1969 BVP
Ulf Engelbert Frankenburg 1 January 1970 31 December 1970 BVP
Gablitz 1 January 1971 31 December 1971
Günther Hauknecht Greuningia 1 January 1972 31 December 1972 BVP
Richard Brühl Jakartaburg 1 January 1973 31 December 1973 BVP
Rainer Fischer Laitstadt 1 January 1974 31 December 1974 BVP
Herbert Dollinger Lemberland 1 January 1975 31 December 1975 BVP
Manfred von Hagen Maurenmark 1 January 1976 5 July 1976 BVP
Norbert Schröder 5 July 1976 31 December 1976 FBBP
Metakumburg 1 January 1977 31 December 1977
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 1978 31 December 1978
Rudolf Volksmann Sedakania 1 January 1979 31 December 1979 BVP
Werner Texinger senior Summingia 1 January 1980 31 December 1980 BVP
Tergau 1 January 1981 31 December 1981
Waldemar Fendt Zollingia 1 January 1982 31 December 1982 BVP
Alois Steigerwald Frankenburg 1 January 1983 31 December 1983 FBBP
Gablitz 1 January 1984 31 December 1984
Ulrich Klinker Greuningia 1 January 1985 31 December 1985 BVP
Roland Fernthal Jakartaburg 1 January 1986 31 December 1986 FBBP
Wilfried Kuschke Laitstadt 1 January 1987 31 December 1987 SDU
Manfred Gruber Lemberland 1 January 1988 31 December 1988 SDU
Helmut Borner Maurenmark 1 January 1989 31 December 1989 FBBP
Metakumburg 1 January 1990 31 December 1990
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 1991 31 December 1991 FBBP
Rainer Spindler Sedakania 1 January 1992 31 December 1992 BVP
Dieter Limbach Summingia 1 January 1993 31 December 1993 BVP
Tergau 1 January 1994 31 December 1994
Zollingia 1 January 1995 31 December 1995
Alois Steigerwald Frankenburg 1 January 1996 31 December 1996 FBBP
Gablitz 1 January 1997 31 December 1997
Bernhart Weber Greuningia 1 January 1998 12 November 1998 BVP
Alexander von Wiest 12 November 1998 31 December 1998 NBP
Alfred Bienert Jakartaburg 1 January 1999 31 December 1999 BVP
Fred Meulenbeck Laitstadt 1 January 2000 31 December 2000 SDU
Hans Müller Lemberland 1 January 2001 31 December 2001 SDU
Rita Reisinger-Berger Maurenmark 1 January 2002 31 December 2002 FBBP
Metakumburg 1 January 2003 31 December 2003
Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 2004 31 December 2004 FBBP
Arnold Keßler Sedakania 1 January 2005 31 December 2005 BVP
Josef Simmert Summingia 1 January 2006 10 September 2006 FBBP
Werner Texinger junior 10 September 2006 31 December 2006 BVP
Tergau 1 January 2007 31 December 2007
Zollingia 1 January 2008 31 December 2008
Jörg Hofstadt Frankenburg 1 January 2009 31 December 2009
Gablitz 1 January 2010 31 December 2010
Albrecht Jungmann Greuningia 1 January 2011 31 December 2011 BVP
Alfred Bienert Jakartaburg 1 January 2012 31 December 2012 BVP
Fred Meulenbeck Laitstadt 1 January 2013 31 December 2013 SDU
Erich Tetzler Lemberland 1 January 2014 31 December 2014 FBBP
Konrad Mann Maurenmark 1 January 2015 31 December 2015 BVP
Gerald Ziehmann Metakumburg 1 January 2016 3 July 2016 FBBP
Michael Tausend 3 July 2016 31 December 2016 FBBP
Gregor Zöller Neidenstein-Sulzburg 1 January 2017 31 December 2017 BVP
Michael Stämper Sedakania 1 January 2018 31 December 2018 BVP
Georg Stuck Summingia 1 January 2019 31 December 2019 BVP
Marie Ledermann Tergau 1 January 2020 31 December 2020 SDU
Oskar Steinbock Zollingia 1 January 2021 31 December 2021 BVP
Christina Liebetrau Frankenburg 1 January 2022 31 December 2022 BVP
Viktor Sauer Gablitz 1 January 2023 31 December 2023 BVP
Linda Seidenbach Greuningia 1 January 2024 Incumbent NBP
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