2008 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Albert II[1]
- Prime Minister:
- until 20 March: Guy Verhofstadt
- 20 March-30 December: Yves Leterme
- starting 30 December: Herman Van Rompuy
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- March 2 - Bruno Valkeniers is chosen as party chairman of political party Vlaams Belang with 94.6% of the vote.
- March 20 - Leterme I Government sworn in after 9 months of negotiations.
April
[edit]- April 12 - Standard Liège beat Anderlecht 2–0 at home and win the First Division.
May
[edit]- May 8 - Club Brugge player François Sterchele dies in a car crash.
September
[edit]- September 22 - Political parties CD&V and N-VA end their collaboration. Geert Bourgeois resigns from the Flemish government.
October
[edit]- October 5 - Rik Ceulemans is the first Belgian to win the Marathon of Brussels in 2:19.29.
December
[edit]- December 22 - Albert II accepts Yves Leterme's resignation as Prime Minister
- December 28 - During a Taizé Community meeting in Brussels, 40,000 youths from across Europe come together to profess their faith.
- December 30 - Van Rompuy Government sworn in
Full date unknown
[edit]- Center for European Democracy Studies is established in Brussels.[2]
Births
[edit]- April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium, second daughter and fourth child of King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.[3]
Deaths
[edit]- 27 March – Robert Demoulin (born 1911), historian
- 25 August – Paul Schruers (born 1929), bishop of Hasselt
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Albert II - king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ www.europarl.europa.eu
- ^ "The littlest royals". cbsnews. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
