2008 in Belgium
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Albert II[1]
- Prime Minister:
- until 20 March: Guy Verhofstadt
- 20 March-30 December: Yves Leterme
- starting 30 December: Herman Van Rompuy
Events
March
- 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
- April 12 - Standard Liège beat Anderlecht 2–0 at home and win the First Division.
May
- May 8 - Club Brugge player François Sterchele dies in a car crash.
September
- September 22 - Political parties CD&V and N-VA end their collaboration. Geert Bourgeois resigns from the Flemish government.
October
- October 5 - Rik Ceulemans is the first Belgian to win the Marathon of Brussels in 2:19.29.
December
- 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
- Center for European Democracy Studies is established in Brussels.[2]
Births
- April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium, second daughter and fourth child of King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.[3]
Deaths
- 27 March – Robert Demoulin (born 1911), historian
- 25 August – Paul Schruers (born 1929), bishop of Hasselt
See also
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