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The Eerste Kamer (First Chamber) is the Upper House
Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
 or Senate
Senate

A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or Parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, the first of which was the Roman Senate....
 of the parliament of the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, the States-General
States-General of the Netherlands

The States-General is the parliament of the Netherlands. It consists of two chambers, the more important of which is the directly elected Tweede Kamer ....
. Its official name in English is Senate. It was established in 1815, when the Netherlands and Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 emerged as a single state at the end of the Napoleonic wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, and continued after Belgian independence in 1830.

It currently has 75 members, elected by the members of the twelve provincial councils
States-Provincial

The States-Provincial is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each Provinces of the Netherlands of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance....
 every four years.






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The Eerste Kamer (First Chamber) is the Upper House
Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
 or Senate
Senate

A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or Parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, the first of which was the Roman Senate....
 of the parliament of the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, the States-General
States-General of the Netherlands

The States-General is the parliament of the Netherlands. It consists of two chambers, the more important of which is the directly elected Tweede Kamer ....
. Its official name in English is Senate. It was established in 1815, when the Netherlands and Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 emerged as a single state at the end of the Napoleonic wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, and continued after Belgian independence in 1830.

It currently has 75 members, elected by the members of the twelve provincial councils
States-Provincial

The States-Provincial is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each Provinces of the Netherlands of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance....
 every four years. Unlike the politically more significant Tweede Kamer
Tweede Kamer

The Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal , short Tweede Kamer, is the lower house of the Netherlands' parliament, the States-General_of_the_Netherlands....
, it meets only one day a week. Its members tend to be veteran politicians or part-time politicians at the national level, often having other roles. It has the right to accept or reject legislative proposals, but not to amend them or to initiate legislation. Members of the Eerste Kamer are elected indirectly through the Provinciale Staten (Provincial Council). Every four years the people of the Netherlands can vote for the Provinciale Staten. The Provinciale Staten works the same way as the Tweede Kamer. After elections for the Provinciale Staten, the new members of Provinciale Staten elect people to take a seat in the Senate (Eerste Kamer).

The current Chairwoman of the Senate is Yvonne Timmerman
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck

Yvonne Elisabeth Marie Antoinette Timmerman-Buck is a Netherlands politician.She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal and currently holds the post of president of the Eerste Kamer. She succeeded Gerrit Braks in 2003....
.

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