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 October 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 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 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 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Summingia | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Trissia | 5 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Zollingia | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Overall | 64 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 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 | 11 September 1920 | 11 September 1922 | ||
| Metakumburg | 11 September 1922 | 11 September 1924 | ||
| Neidenstein | 11 September 1924 | 11 September 1926 | ||
| Sulzburg | 11 September 1926 | 11 September 1928 | ||
| Summingia | 11 September 1928 | 11 September 1930 | ||
| Trissia | 11 September 1930 | 31 December 1932 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1933 | 31 December 1933 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1934 | 31 December 1934 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1935 | 31 December 1935 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1936 | 31 December 1936 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1937 | 31 December 1937 | ||
| Trissia | 1 January 1938 | 31 December 1938 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1939 | 31 December 1939 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1940 | 31 December 1940 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1941 | 31 December 1941 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1942 | 31 December 1942 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1943 | 31 December1943 | ||
| Trissia | 1 January 1944 | 31 December 1944 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1945 | 31 December 1945 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1946 | 20 October 1946 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1947 | 20 October 1947 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1948 | 20 October 1948 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1949 | 20 October 1949 | ||
| Trissia | 1 January 1950 | 20 October 1950 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1951 | 20 October 1951 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1952 | 20 October 1952 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1953 | 20 October 1953 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1954 | 20 October 1954 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1955 | 20 October 1955 | ||
| Trissia | 1 January 1956 | 20 October 1956 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1957 | 20 October 1957 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1958 | 20 October 1958 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1959 | 20 October 1959 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1960 | 20 October 1960 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1961 | 20 October 1961 | ||
| Trissia | 1 January 1962 | 20 October 1962 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1963 | 20 October 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 |
| Trissia | 1 January 1968 | 31 December 1968 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 1969 | 31 December 1969 | ||
| Ulf Engelbert | Frankenburg | 1 January 1970 | 31 December 1970 | BVP |
| Gablitz | 1 January 1971 | 31 December 1971 | ||
| Greuningia | 1 January 1972 | 31 December 1972 | BVP | |
| Richard Brühl | Jakartaburg | 1 January 1973 | 20 October 1973 | BVP |
| Rainer Fischer | Laitstadt | 1 January 1974 | 20 October 1974 | BVP |
| Lemberland | 1 January 1975 | 31 December 1975 | ||
| Maurenmark | 1 January 1976 | 31 December 1976 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1977 | 31 December 1977 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1978 | 31 December 1978 | ||
| Sedakania | 1 January 1979 | 31 December 1979 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 20 October 1980 | 31 December 1980 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1981 | 31 December 1981 | ||
| Zollingia | 20 October 1982 | 31 December 1982 | ||
| Franz Steigerwald | Frankenburg | 20 October 1983 | 31 December 1983 | FBBP |
| Gablitz | 20 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | ||
| Greuningia | 20 October 1985 | 31 December 1985 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 20 October 1986 | 31 December 1986 | BVP | |
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1987 | 31 December 1987 | ||
| Lemberland | 20 October 1988 | 31 December 1988 | ||
| Maurenmark | 20 October 1989 | 31 December 1989 | FBBP | |
| Metakumburg | 20 October 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 |
| Trissia | 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 | ||
| Greuningia | 1 January 1998 | 31 December 1998 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | BVP | |
| Fred Meulenbeck | Laitstadt | 1 January 2000 | 31 December 2000 | SDU |
| Lemberland | 1 January 2001 | 31 December 2001 | ||
| Maurenmark | 21 January 2002 | 31 December 2002 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2003 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 2004 | 31 December 2004 | FBBP | |
| Sedakania | 1 January 2005 | 31 December 2005 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 1 January 2006 | 31 December 2006 | ||
| Trissia | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2007 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 2008 | 31 December 2008 | ||
| Frankenburg | 1 January 2009 | 31 December 2009 |