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 November 2023)
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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 |
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| Frankenburg | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gablitz | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Greuningia | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 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 |
| Tergau | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Zollingia | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Overall | 64 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
List of members of the Besmenian Federal Senate
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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 1933 the term of the presidency has been one year, before that it was two years. Zollingia was the first western Besmenian state to assume the presidency in 1969.
The current president is the Gablitzian governor Viktor Sauer, who took office on January 1, 2023.
List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate
| President | State | Took office | Left office | Party |
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| 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 | ||
| Erich Bärtling | Summingia | 11 September 1928 | 11 September 1930 | BVP |
| Tergau | 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 | ||
| Gustav Parzinger | Summingia | 1 January 1937 | 31 December 1937 | BVP |
| Tergau | 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 | ||
| Gustav Parzinger | Summingia | 1 January 1943 | 31 December 1943 | BVP |
| Tergau | 1 January 1944 | 31 December 1944 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1945 | 31 December 1945 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1946 | 31 December 1946 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1947 | 31 December 1947 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1948 | 31 December 1948 | ||
| Walter Etzenbach | Summingia | 1 January 1949 | 31 December 1949 | LBB |
| Tergau | 1 January 1950 | 31 December 1950 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1951 | 31 December 1951 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1952 | 31 December 1952 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1953 | 31 December 1953 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1954 | 31 December 1954 | ||
| Walter Etzenbach | Summingia | 1 January 1955 | 31 December 1955 | LBB |
| Tergau | 1 January 1956 | 31 December 1956 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1957 | 31 December 1957 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1958 | 31 December 1958 | ||
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1959 | 31 December 1959 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1960 | 31 December 1960 | ||
| Manfred Krause | Summingia | 1 January 1961 | 31 December 1961 | BVP |
| Tergau | 1 January 1962 | 31 December 1962 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1963 | 31 December 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 |
| Tergau | 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 | ||
| Günther Hauknecht | Greuningia | 1 January 1972 | 31 December 1972 | BVP |
| Richard Brühl | Jakartaburg | 1 January 1973 | 31 December 1973 | BVP |
| Rainer Fischer | Laitstadt | 1 January 1974 | 31 December 1974 | BVP |
| Herbert Dollinger | Lemberland | 1 January 1975 | 31 December 1975 | BVP |
| Manfred von Hagen | Maurenmark | 1 January 1976 | 5 July 1976 | BVP |
| Norbert Schröder | 5 July 1976 | 31 December 1976 | FBBP | |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1977 | 31 December 1977 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1978 | 31 December 1978 | ||
| Rudolf Volksmann | Sedakania | 1 January 1979 | 31 December 1979 | BVP |
| Werner Texinger senior | Summingia | 1 January 1980 | 31 December 1980 | |
| Tergau | 1 January 1981 | 31 December 1981 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 1982 | 31 December 1982 | ||
| Alois Steigerwald | Frankenburg | 1 January 1983 | 31 December 1983 | FBBP |
| Gablitz | 1 January 1984 | 31 December 1984 | ||
| Ulrich Heberwein | Greuningia | 1 January 1985 | 31 December 1985 | BVP |
| Roland Fernthal | Jakartaburg | 1 January 1986 | 31 December 1986 | FBBP |
| Wilfried Kuschke | Laitstadt | 1 January 1987 | 31 December 1987 | SDU |
| Manfred Gruber | Lemberland | 1 January 1988 | 31 December 1988 | SDU |
| Helmut Borner | Maurenmark | 1 January 1989 | 31 December 1989 | FBBP |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 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 |
| Tergau | 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 | ||
| Bernhart Weber | Greuningia | 1 January 1998 | 12 November 1998 | BVP |
| Alexander von Wiest | 12 November 1998 | 31 December 1998 | NBP | |
| Alfred Bienert | Jakartaburg | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | BVP |
| Fred Meulenbeck | Laitstadt | 1 January 2000 | 31 December 2000 | SDU |
| Hans Müller | Lemberland | 1 January 2001 | 31 December 2001 | SDU |
| Rita Reisinger-Berger | Maurenmark | 1 January 2002 | 31 December 2002 | FBBP |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2003 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 2004 | 31 December 2004 | FBBP | |
| Arnold Keßler | Sedakania | 1 January 2005 | 31 December 2005 | BVP |
| Josef Simmert | Summingia | 1 January 2006 | 10 September 2006 | FBBP |
| Werner Texinger junior | 10 September 2006 | 31 December 2006 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2007 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 2008 | 31 December 2008 | ||
| Jörg Hofstadt | Frankenburg | 1 January 2009 | 31 December 2009 | |
| Gablitz | 1 January 2010 | 31 December 2010 | ||
| Albrecht Jungmann | Greuningia | 1 January 2011 | 31 December 2011 | BVP |
| Alfred Bienert | Jakartaburg | 1 January 2012 | 31 December 2012 | BVP |
| Fred Meulenbeck | Laitstadt | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2013 | SDU |
| Erich Tetzler | Lemberland | 1 January 2014 | 31 December 2014 | FBBP |
| Konrad Mann | Maurenmark | 1 January 2015 | 31 December 2015 | BVP |
| Gerald Ziehmann | Metakumburg | 1 January 2016 | 3 July 2016 | FBBP |
| Michael Tausend | 3 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 | FBBP | |
| Gregor Zöller | Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 | BVP |
| Michael Stämper | Sedakania | 1 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | BVP |
| Georg Stuck | Summingia | 1 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | BVP |
| Marie Ledermann | Tergau | 1 January 2020 | 31 December 2020 | SDU |
| Oskar Steinbock | Zollingia | 1 January 2021 | 31 December 2021 | BVP |
| Christina Liebetrau | Frankenburg | 1 January 2022 | 31 December 2022 | BVP |
| Viktor Sauer | Gablitz | 1 January 2023 | Incumbet | BVP |