Stephanie D’Hose

Stephanie D'Hose is a Belgian politician who has been President of the Senate since October 2020. She was a parliamentary assistant from 2009–2014 and is Deputy Private Secretary to Sven Gatz. She has been a City Councillor in Ghent since 2013 and was elected to the Flemish Parliament on 26 May 2019. D'Hose was appointed to the Belgian Federal Parliament for Open VLD on 4 July 2019, and appointed to the Senate. In the division of powers within the Alexander De Croo government, Open VLD was given the Senate presidency and D'Hose was nominated for the role. At 39, she became the youngest person to hold the position.