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 | 20 October 1930 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1930 | 20 October 1932 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1932 | 20 October 1933 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1933 | 20 October 1934 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1934 | 20 October 1935 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1935 | 20 October 1936 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1936 | 20 October 1937 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1937 | 20 October 1938 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1938 | 20 October 1939 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1939 | 20 October 1940 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1940 | 20 October 1941 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1941 | 20 October 1942 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1942 | 20 October 1943 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1943 | 20 October 1944 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1944 | 20 October 1945 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1945 | 20 October 1946 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1946 | 20 October 1947 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1947 | 20 October 1948 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1948 | 20 October 1949 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1949 | 20 October 1950 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1950 | 20 October 1951 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1951 | 20 October 1952 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1952 | 20 October 1953 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1953 | 20 October 1954 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1954 | 20 October 1955 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1955 | 20 October 1956 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1956 | 20 October 1957 | ||
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1957 | 20 October 1958 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1958 | 20 October 1959 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1959 | 20 October 1960 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1960 | 20 October 1961 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1961 | 20 October 1962 | ||
| Gablitz | 20 October 1962 | 20 October 1963 | ||
| Robert Gleitzmann | Laitstadt | 20 October 1963 | 20 October 1964 | BVP |
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1964 | 20 October 1965 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1965 | 20 October 1966 | ||
| Summingia | 20 October 1966 | 20 October 1967 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1967 | 20 October 1968 | ||
| Zollingia | 20 October 1968 | 20 October 1969 | ||
| Ulf Engelbert | Frankenburg | 20 October 1969 | 20 October 1970 | BVP |
| Gablitz | 20 October 1970 | 20 October 1971 | ||
| Greuningia | 20 October 1971 | 20 October 1972 | BVP | |
| Richard Brühl | Jakartaburg | 20 October 1972 | 20 October 1973 | BVP |
| Rainer Fischer | Laitstadt | 20 October 1973 | 20 October 1974 | BVP |
| Lemberland | 20 October 1974 | 20 October 1975 | ||
| Maurenmark | 20 October 1975 | 20 October 1976 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1976 | 20 October 1977 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1977 | 20 October 1978 | ||
| Sedakania | 20 October 1978 | 20 October 1979 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 20 October 1979 | 20 October 1980 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1980 | 20 October 1981 | ||
| Zollingia | 20 October 1981 | 20 October 1982 | ||
| Franz Steigerwald | Frankenburg | 20 October 1982 | 20 October 1983 | FBBP |
| Gablitz | 20 October 1983 | 20 October 1984 | ||
| Greuningia | 20 October 1984 | 20 October 1985 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 20 October 1985 | 20 October 1986 | BVP | |
| Laitstadt | 20 October 1986 | 20 October 1987 | ||
| Lemberland | 20 October 1987 | 20 October 1988 | ||
| Maurenmark | 20 October 1988 | 20 October 1989 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 1989 | 20 October 1990 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 1990 | 20 October 1991 | ||
| Rainer Spindler | Sedakania | 20 October 1991 | 20 October 1992 | BVP |
| Summingia | 20 October 1992 | 20 October 1993 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 1993 | 20 October 1994 | ||
| Zollingia | 20 October 1994 | 20 October 1995 | ||
| Franz Steigerwald | Frankenburg | 20 October 1995 | 20 October 1996 | FBBP |
| Gablitz | 20 October 1996 | 20 October 1997 | ||
| Greuningia | 20 October 1997 | 20 October 1998 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 20 October 1998 | 20 October 1999 | BVP | |
| Fred Meulenbeck | Laitstadt | 20 October 1999 | 20 October 2000 | SDU |
| Lemberland | 20 October 2000 | 20 October 2001 | ||
| Maurenmark | 20 October 2001 | 20 October 2002 | ||
| Metakumburg | 20 October 2002 | 20 October 2003 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 20 October 2003 | 20 October 2004 | FBBP | |
| Sedakania | 20 October 2004 | 20 October 2005 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 20 October 2005 | 20 October 2006 | ||
| Trissia | 20 October 2006 | 20 October 2007 | ||
| Zollingia | 20 October 2007 | 20 October 2008 | ||
| Frankenburg | 20 October 2008 | 20 October 2009 |