Federal Senate (Besmenia)

Besmenian Federal Senate Besmenischer Bundessenat
Type
Type	Upper house
History
Founded	2 July 1920
Leadership
President of the Federal Senate	Marie Ledermann (Trissia)
Vice President of the Federal Senate	Oskar Steinbock (Zollingia)
Structure
Political groups	(As of June 2021)   Besmenian People's Party: 24 seats   Social Democratic Union: 12 seats   Free Besmenian Citizen's Party: 14 seats   Green Party of Besmenia: 8 seats   Party of the Besmenian Left: 1 seat   Center Alliance of Besmenia: 1 seat
Meeting place

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 in the Federal Council 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.

Role

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 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

On the occasion of the Besmenian reunification in 1967 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	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Gablitz	4	2	-	-	2	-	-	-
Greuningia	5	3	-	2	-	-	-	-
Jakartaburg	4	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Laitstadt	5	-	3	2	-	-	-	-
Lemberland	5	2	-	2	1	-	-	-
Maurenmark	5	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
Metakumburg	4	-	1	2	1	-	-	-
Neidenstein-Sulzburg	4	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Sedakania	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Summingia	5	2	-	2	-	-	-	1
Trissia	5	-	2	-	2	1	-	-
Zollingia	4	2	-	-	2	-	-	-
Overall	60	24	12	14	8	1	-	1

Presidency

The presidency of the Federal Senate rotates among the leaders of the thirdteen state governments in alphabetical order of the federal states. The term of office lasts 2 years. The current president is the Trissian governor Marie Ledermann, who took office on October 20, 2021. This ordinance has existed since 1925. Before that, the president was elected by the senate every year according to the number of seats of their group.