Federal Senate (Besmenia)
Besmenian Federal Senate Besmenischer Bundessenat | |
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| Type | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 2 July 1920 |
| Leadership | |
President of the Federal Senate | |
Vice President of the Federal Senate | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 64 |
Political groups | (As of April 2024)
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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 6 members of its state legislature.
From 1920 to 1940, the members of the Federal Senate were directly elected by the population. In January 1945, through an amendment to the Basic Law, a new composition was introduced, whereby the members of the Federal Senate are now appointed by the respective state parliaments and each federal state takes over the presidency for one year.
History
- SDU: 14
- FPB: 1
- BDP: 25
- BKP: 7
- BNVP: 3
- Ind.: 2
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
Each federal state sends 6 senators. The individual senators are sent to the Federal Senate by the respective state parliaments and roughly reflect the composition of the respective state parliament through proportional representation. The members of the Federal Senate are elected for the duration of the legislative period of the respective state parliament. They do not have to be members of the respective state parliament, but must be eligible for election to it.
Number of seats
| State | MPs | BVP | SDU | FBBP | GPB | PBL | NBP | ZAB |
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| Frankenburg | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gablitz | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Greuningia | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Jakartaburg | 6 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Laitstadt | 6 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Lemberland | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Maurenmark | 6 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Metakumburg | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Palingia | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sedakania | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Summingia | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tergau | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Zollingia | 6 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Overall | 84 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
List of members of the Besmenian Federal Senate
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Presidency
The executive committee consists of the president and a vice president. With the new composition act of 1945, agreement was reached on an order in which these representative offices should be filled: The first-ranking Federal Senate member of the party that holds the majority of seats in the respective federal state assumes the role of the president in alphabetical order of their federal states. The term of the presidency is one year. Zollingia was the first western Besmenian state to assume the presidency in 1969.
The current president is Roland Meißner from Greuningia, who took office on January 1, 2024.
List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate (1920-1944)
List of presidents of the Besmenian Federal Senate (1945-present)
| President | State | Took office | Left office | Party |
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| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1961 | 31 December 1961 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 1962 | 31 December 1962 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 1963 | 31 December 1963 | ||
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1964 | 31 December 1964 | BVP | |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1965 | 31 December 1965 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1966 | 31 December 1966 | ||
| Summingia | 1 January 1967 | 31 December 1967 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 1968 | 31 December 1968 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 1969 | 31 December 1969 | BVP | |
| Frankenburg | 1 January 1970 | 31 December 1970 | BVP | |
| Gablitz | 1 January 1971 | 31 December 1971 | ||
| Greuningia | 1 January 1972 | 31 December 1972 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 1 January 1973 | 31 December 1973 | BVP | |
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1974 | 31 December 1974 | BVP | |
| Lemberland | 1 January 1975 | 31 December 1975 | BVP | |
| Maurenmark | 1 January 1976 | 5 July 1976 | BVP | |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1977 | 31 December 1977 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1978 | 31 December 1978 | ||
| Sedakania | 1 January 1979 | 31 December 1979 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 1 January 1980 | 31 December 1980 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 1981 | 31 December 1981 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 1982 | 31 December 1982 | BVP | |
| Frankenburg | 1 January 1983 | 31 December 1983 | FBBP | |
| Gablitz | 1 January 1984 | 31 December 1984 | ||
| Greuningia | 1 January 1985 | 31 December 1985 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 1 January 1986 | 31 December 1986 | FBBP | |
| Laitstadt | 1 January 1987 | 31 December 1987 | SDU | |
| Lemberland | 1 January 1988 | 31 December 1988 | SDU | |
| Maurenmark | 1 January 1989 | 31 December 1989 | FBBP | |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 1990 | 31 December 1990 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 1991 | 31 December 1991 | FBBP | |
| Sedakania | 1 January 1992 | 31 December 1992 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 1 January 1993 | 31 December 1993 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 1994 | 31 December 1994 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 1995 | 31 December 1995 | ||
| Frankenburg | 1 January 1996 | 31 December 1996 | FBBP | |
| Gablitz | 1 January 1997 | 31 December 1997 | ||
| Greuningia | 1 January 1998 | 12 November 1998 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | BVP | |
| Laitstadt | 1 January 2000 | 31 December 2000 | SDU | |
| Lemberland | 1 January 2001 | 31 December 2001 | SDU | |
| Maurenmark | 1 January 2002 | 31 December 2002 | FBBP | |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2003 | ||
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 2004 | 31 December 2004 | FBBP | |
| Sedakania | 1 January 2005 | 31 December 2005 | BVP | |
| Sedakania | 1 January 2005 | 31 December 2005 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2007 | ||
| Zollingia | 1 January 2008 | 31 December 2008 | ||
| Frankenburg | 1 January 2009 | 31 December 2009 | ||
| Gablitz | 1 January 2010 | 31 December 2010 | ||
| Greuningia | 1 January 2011 | 31 December 2011 | BVP | |
| Jakartaburg | 1 January 2012 | 31 December 2012 | BVP | |
| Laitstadt | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2013 | SDU | |
| Lemberland | 1 January 2014 | 31 December 2014 | FBBP | |
| Maurenmark | 1 January 2015 | 31 December 2015 | BVP | |
| Metakumburg | 1 January 2016 | 31 December 2016 | FBBP | |
| Neidenstein-Sulzburg | 1 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 | BVP | |
| Sedakania | 1 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | BVP | |
| Summingia | 1 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | BVP | |
| Tergau | 1 January 2020 | 31 December 2020 | SDU | |
| Zollingia | 1 January 2021 | 31 December 2021 | BVP | |
| Frankenburg | 1 January 2022 | 31 December 2022 | BVP | |
| Klaudia Bollmann | Gablitz | 1 January 2023 | 31 December 2023 | BVP |
| Roland Meißner | Greuningia | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | NBP |