Independent Senate Group

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Independent Senate Group
Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie
Leader Hendrik ten Hoeve
Chairperson Emma Kraak
Chair of the First Chamber Parliamentary Party Hendrik ten Hoeve
Founded 1995
Thinktank Stichting Ir. Marten Bierman
Ideology Regionalism
Political position Centre
Official colours White and Red
Seats in the First Chamber
Website
www.osf.nl
Politics of the Netherlands
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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. 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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