1993 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1993 List of years in Belgium

Events from the year 1993 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin (to 31 July);[1] Albert II (from 9 August)
• Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene

Events

January

• 20 January – Kidnapping of Ulrika Bidegård

February

• 6 February – Revision of the Constitution of Belgium signed into law

May

• 15 May – Barbara Dex represents Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

June

• 6 June – Standard Liège wins the Belgian Cup at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

July

• 31 July – Unexpected death of King Baudouin

August

• 9 August – Albert II sworn in as monarch

Publications

• M. Leroy, De la Belgique unitaire à l'Etat fédéral (Brussels, Bruylant).

Births

• 29 March – Thorgan Hazard, footballer
• 13 April – Daan Myngheer, cyclist (died 2016)
• 13 May – Romelu Lukaku, footballer
• 4 September – Yannick Carrasco, footballer
• 2 October – Michy Batshuayi, footballer

Deaths

• 12 January – Pierre Nihant (born 1925), cyclist
• 3 February

Éliane de Meuse (born 1899), painter

Karel Goeyvaerts (born 1923), composer

• 23 February – Robert Triffin (born 1911), economist
• 21 March – Albert Ramon (born 1920), cyclist
• 10 July – Alfred Hamerlinck (born 1905), cyclist
• 31 July – Baudouin of Belgium (born 1930), monarch
• 21 September – Fernand Ledoux (born 1897), actor
• 22 November – Alois De Hertog (born 1927), cyclist

References

1. "Baudouin I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 July 2019.