2009 in Belgium
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Events in the year 2009 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Albert II[1]
- Prime Minister: Herman Van Rompuy to 15 November; from 25 November Yves Leterme
Events
- January
- 4 January – Johan Bonny consecrated as bishop of Antwerp.[2]
- 23 January – Dendermonde nursery attack
- February
- 11 February – With 5,000 present, the Fortis shareholders' meeting to vote on the break-up and sale of the company to the Dutch and Belgian governments was the largest shareholders' meeting in Belgian history.[3]
- 26 February – Franco-Belgian bank Dexia announces 3.3 billion euros of net losses for 2008.[4]
- March
- 4 March – Association belge des familles des disparus (founded 1948) wound up.[5]
- October
- 11 October – Father Damien canonised by Pope Benedict XVI, in the presence of King Albert II, Queen Paola, and Herman Van Rompuy.[6]
- November
- 15 November – Herman Van Rompuy resigns as Prime Minister in order to become President of the European Council; Van Rompuy Government ends.
- 25 November – Leterme II Government sworn in.
Deaths
- 4 January - Lei Clijsters (52), footballer, father of Kim Clijsters.[7]
- 2 February - Louis Proost (73), cyclist.[8]
- 4 March - Patricia De Martelaere (51), writer.[9]
- 18 March – Rita Lejeune (102), medievalist
- 6 March - Henri Pousseur (79), composer.[10]
See also
References
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