Independent Senate Group

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Onafhankelijke Senaatsfractie




Political leader	Hendrik ten Hoeve
Party Chair	Emma Kraak
Chair of the First Chamber Parliamentary Party	Hendrik ten Hoeve



Founded	1995





Seats in the First Chamber



Political Ideology	Regionalism
Position	Centre


Thinktank	Stichting Ir. Marten Bierman





Colours	White and Red

website	www.osf.nl

See also	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. The main parties involved are the Frisian National Party, The Greens, the Party New Limburg and the Brabant Party.