Federal Senate (Besmenia)
Besmenian Federal Senate Besmenischer Bundessenat | |
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| Founded | 2 July 1920 |
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President of the Federal Senate | |
Vice President of the Federal Senate | |
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Political groups | (As of June 2022)
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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.
History
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 | - | - | - | - |
| Palingia | 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 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 current president is the Summingian governor Georg Stuck, who took office on October 20, 2021.
List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate
| President | State | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gablitz | 2 July 1920 | 2 July 1921 | ||
| Metakumburg | 2 July 1921 | 2 July 1922 | ||
| Neidenstein | 2 July 1922 | 2 July 1923 | ||
| Sulzburg | 2 July 1923 | 2 July 1924 | ||
| Summingia | 2 July 1924 | 2 July 1925 | ||
| Trissia | 2 July 1925 | 20 October 1927 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1927 | 20 October 1929 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1929 | 20 October 1931 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1931 | 20 October 1933 | ||
| Neidenstein (1933-1934) Neidenstein-Sulzburg (1934-1935) |
20 October 1933 | 20 October 1935 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1935 | 20 October 1937 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1937 | 20 October 1939 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1939 | 20 October 1941 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1941 | 20 October 1943 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1943 | 20 October 1945 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1945 | 20 October 1947 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1947 | 20 October 1949 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1949 | 20 October 1951 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1951 | 20 October 1953 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1953 | 20 October 1955 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1955 | 20 October 1957 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1957 | 20 October 1959 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1959 | 20 October 1961 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1961 | 20 October 1963 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1963 | 20 October 1965 | ||
| Robert Gleitzmann | Laitstadt | 20 October 1965 | 20 October 1967 | BVP |
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1967 | 20 October 1969 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1969 | 20 October 1971 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1971 | 20 October 1973 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1973 | 20 October 1975 | ||
| Konstantin Herbmann | Frankenburg | 20 October 1975 | 20 October 1977 | BVP |
| Gablitz | 20 October 1977 | 20 October 1979 | ||
| Ulrich Bastmann | Greuningia | 20 October 1979 | 20 October 1981 | BVP |
| Hermann Bergerknecht | Jakartaburg | 20 October 1981 | 20 October 1983 | BVP |
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1983 | 20 October 1985 | ||
| Manfred Gruber | Lemberland | 20 October 1985 | 20 October 1987 | FBBP |
| Norbert Schröder | Maurenmark | 20 October 1987 | 22 August 1988 | FBBP |
| Daniel Ulfborn | Maurenmark | 22 August 1988 | 20 October 1989 | FBBP |
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1989 | 20 October 1991 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1991 | 20 October 1993 | ||
| Rainer Spindler | Sedakania | 20 October 1993 | 20 October 1995 | BVP |
| Ursula Kummstein | Summingia | 20 October 1995 | 20 October 1997 | FBBP |
| Trissia | 20 October 1997 | 20 October 1999 | ||
| Alfred Baufuß | Zollingia | 20 October 1999 | 20 October 2001 | BVP |
| Jörg Hofstadt | Frankenburg | 20 October 2001 | 20 October 2003 | BVP |
| Gablitz | 20 October 2003 | 20 October 2005 | ||
| Alexander von Wiest | Greuningia | 20 October 2005 | 20 October 2007 | NBP |
| Alfred Bienert | Jakartaburg | 20 October 2007 | 20 October 2009 | BVP |
| Andreas Schmidt | Laitstadt | 20 October 2009 | 20 October 2011 | SDU |
| Lemberland | 20 October 2011 | 20 October 2013 | ||
| Konrad Mann | Maurenmark | 20 October 2013 | 20 October 2015 | BVP |
| Tom Heckmeier | Metakumburg | 20 October 2015 | 20 October 2017 | FBBP |
| Gregor Zöller | Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 2017 | 20 October 2019 | BVP |
| Vanessa Halm | Sedakania | 20 October 2019 | 20 October 2021 | BVP |
| Georg Stuck | Summingia | 20 October 2021 | - | BVP |