Federal Senate (Besmenia)

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Besmenian Federal Senate

Besmenischer Bundessenat
Type
Type
History
Founded2 July 1920
Leadership
Structure
Besmenian FS structure1.png
Political groups
(As of June 2021)
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 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.

History

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 Summingian governor Georg Stuck, 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.

List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate

President State Took office Left office Political 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

List of current members of the Besmenian Federal Senate