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]
• 6 March - Henri Pousseur (79), composer.[10]

See also

• 2009 in Belgian television

References

1. "Albert II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. Danneels, Godfried (4 Jan 2009). "Homilie door kardinaal Godfried Danneels" [Homily by Cardinal Godfried Daneels] (PDF). Kerknet (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 Jan 2009.
3. "Drukst bijgewoonde vergadering ooit". De Tijd (in Dutch). 11 Feb 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2018.
4. "Franco-Belgian bank Dexia posts 3.3 billion euros losses for 2008". Expatica. 27 Feb 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 1 Sep 2018.
5. Laurence Dumonceau (2018). "Inventaire des archives du Fonds Vander Borght, 1940–2009" (PDF).
6. "Le Père Damien proclamé saint", Le Soir, 11 Oct 2009
7. "Former Red Devil Lei Clijsters dies". www.soccernews.com. Soccer News. 4 Jan 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2018.
8. "Louis Proost". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 7 Jan 2018.
9. "Patricia de Martelaere". Knack (in Dutch). 11 Mar 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2018.
10. "Henri Pousseur, compositeur". Le Monde (in French). 10 Mar 2009.