Independent Senate Group

Independent Senate Group
Independent Senate Group
Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie
Leader Kees de Lange
Chairman Emma Kraak
Leader in the Senate Kees de Lange
Founded 1995
Thinktank Stichting Ir. Marten Bierman
Ideology Regionalism
Political position Centre
Official colours White and Red
Seats in the Senate
Website
www.osf.nl
Politics of the Netherlands
Political parties
Elections

The Independent Senate Group (Dutch: Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie, OSF) is a parliamentary party in the Dutch Senate with one senator, representing several provincial parties. The Dutch Senate is elected by the legislatures of the provinces. In 1995, several provincial parties and the Greens proposed their own list. Marten Bierman, who headed the list, was elected senator. In 1999, Bierman was re-elected. In 2003, Hendrik ten Hoeve became senator for the OSF. He had been member of the Frisian provinciale legislature for the Frisian Nationalist Fryske Nasjonale Partij. He remained senator and leader of the party until 2011, when his role was taken over by Kees de Lange. The main parties involved are the Frisian National Party, The Greens, the Party for the North, the Party New Limburg and the Brabant Party.

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