1991 in Belgium explained

Events from the year 1991 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch

Baudouin^[1]

• Prime Minister

Wilfried Martens

Events

• 7 February – André-Joseph Léonard appointed Bishop of Namur by Pope John Paul II
• 14 April – André-Joseph Léonard consecrated as Bishop of Namur by Cardinal Godfried Danneels
• 18 July - Assassination of Socialist politician André Cools.^[2]
• 25 August - The Belgian Grand Prix is held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and is won by Ayrton Senna.^[3]
• 29 September - New government formed under incumbent Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
• 24 November - Belgian general election, 1991
• 27 December – Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem retires as bishop of Ghent

Births

• 7 January - Eden Hazard, footballer
• 28 June - Kevin De Bruyne, footballer
• 12 September - Thomas Meunier, footballer
• 12 November - Gijs Van Hoecke, cyclist

Deaths

• 18 July - André Cools (63), Socialist politician and former government minister
• 27 September - Alois Vansteenkiste (63), cyclist^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baudouin I king of Belgium . Encyclopedia Britannica . 28 March 2019 . en.
2. Marc Cools and Veerle Pashley, "Shadows of Power: Agusta, a Belgian Affair", in The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe edited by Judith van Erp, Wim Huisman, Gudrun Vande Walle (Routledge, 2015), pp. 336-345.
3. Web site: 1991 Belgian Grand Prix . formula1.com . 23 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103035509/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/209/ . 3 November 2014.
4. Web site: Alois Vansteenkiste . 30 April 2014 . Pro Cycling Stats.