<P> The presiding officer of the Belgian Senate is elected by the senators at the beginning of each parliamentary term . The President of the Senate is customarily a member of a majority party with a great deal of political experience . The president presides over the plenary assembly of the Senate, guides and controls debates in the assembly, is responsible for ensuring the democratic functioning of the Senate, maintains order and security in the assembly and for enforcing the Rules of the Senate, and represents the Senate at both the national (to the other institutions) and the international level . </P> <P> The President of the Senate, together with the President of the Chamber of Representatives, ranks immediately behind the King in the order of precedence . The elder of the two takes the second place in the order of precedence . The Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber rank above the Prime Minister . </P> <P> The Senate of Belize elects both a president and a vice-president upon first convening after a general election . The person elected president may be a senator (provided he / she does not concurrently hold a ministerial position) or a person external to the Senate . The vice-president must be a member of the Senate who does not hold a ministerial portfolio . (Constitution, section 66 .) </P> <P> The current President is Andrea Gill, with Juliet Thimbriel as Vice-President . </P>

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