Senate
The Senate is composed of past Presidents of the Icsid Executive Board, acting as an advisory board. Its eldest member is Kenji Ekuan (Icsid President 1975-1977), an industrial designer most-renowned for creating the soy sauce bottle design. The most current past President serves as the Convenor of the Senate until the next General Assembly, Dr. Mark Breitenberg (Icsid President 2009-2011) is the current convenor.
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“I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find a real blemish on a man, I do not think they ought to make partisan politics out of appointments to the Cabinet.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“Like Cato, give his little Senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
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—Daniel Webster (1782–1852)