Shantarak Senate

The Shantarak Senate, formally the Senate of the United Republic of Shantar, and colloquially the Republic Senate or simply the Senate, was the legislative body of the Shantarak Republic, from its formation until the Republic's overthrow by the Supremacy Movement in 2299.

Members of the Senate were known as Senators, and were styled The Esteemed.

The number of Senators varied throughout the history of the Republic, and were either elected (in the case of two thirds of Senators) or appointed (in the case of the remaining third) for terms of between four and twelve years. Senators represented each constituent region of Shantarak Prime and the Shantarak colony worlds with sufficient populations.

In 2394, the last year in which a new calculation of Senate representation was completed, there were 512 Senators.