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2011 in Belgium
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2011
Events in the year 2011 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Monarch: Albert IIAlbert II king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-II-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en
Prime Minister: Yves Leterme (until 6 December), Elio Di Rupo (starting 6 December)
Events
January 18 – Quiz channels are removed from Flemish television after an exposé by TV programme Basta.
February 2 – Didier Reynders appointed lead negotiator in ongoing attempts to form a governing coalitionhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-12350202 New royal mediator picked for deadlocked Belgium 2 February 2011 BBC News 11 June 2017
February 26 – Flemish sitcom F.C. De Kampioenen stops after 21 seasons.
April 5 – 101 Air Unit, a documentary mini-series is first broadcast.101 Unité Aérienne, la nouvelle série belge de la RTBF (vidéo) https://www.rtbf.be/article/101-unite-aerienne-le-nouveau-documentaire-feuilleton-belge-de-la-rtbf-video-5770923 2024-01-16 RTBF fr
May 17 – KRC Genk win the Belgian Pro League after a home draw against Standard Liège.
June 1 – Belgium breaks the world record for length of time taken to form a government.
July 4 – Jagers te Paard Battalion formed.
August 18 – The 26th edition of music festival Pukkelpop is canceled after heavy weather leaves 5 people dead and 140 wounded.
August 28 – Sebastian Vettel wins the Belgian Grand Prix.
September 16 – Finals of the 2011 IAAF Diamond League held in Memorial Van Damme stadium, Brussels
October 2 – Paul Kiprop of Kenya wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:14.51.
October 4 – Together with France and Luxembourg, Belgium saves bank and insurance company Dexia
December 6 – The leader of the Socialist Party, Elio Di Rupo, becomes Prime Minister of the newly formed Di Rupo I Government.
December 12 – A Pakistani family is convicted and sentenced in the honor killing of Sadia Sheikh. The case has been called Belgium's first honor killing trial.
December 13 – 2011 Liège attack: Nordine Amrani kills 5 people and injures 125 others in a shooting and grenade attack in Liège before killing himself.
Art
Film
Empire of Dust (documentary)
Deaths
January 2 – Émile Masson Jr. (born 1915), Belgian professional road bicycle racer
January 18 – Marcel Marlier (born 1930), Belgian artist and illustrator
February 8 – Marie-Rose Morel (born 1972), Flemish-Belgian politician
March 9 – Jacques Brichant (born 1930), Belgian tennis player
April 11 – La Esterella (Ester Lambrechts) (born 1919), Belgian singer
May 3 – Robert Brout (born 1928), American-born Belgian theoretical physicist
May 9 – Wouter Weylandt (born 1984), Belgian professional cyclist
June 5 – Ludo Martens (born 1946), Belgian historian and far-left activist
June 27 – Thierry Martens (born 1942), Belgian author
July 2 – Marcel Hastir (born 1906), Belgian artist, theosophist and Resistance member
July 3 – Len Sassaman (born 1980), American technologist and information privacy advocate
July 24 – Jan de Vos van Gerven (born 1936), Belgian historian
July 29 – Claude Laydu (born 1927), Belgian-born Swiss actor
August 4 – Erika Thijs (born 1960), Flemish politician
October 11 – Dieudonné Kabongo (born 1950), Congolese-born Belgian comedian, humorist, musician, and actor
October 28 – Willy De Clercq (born 1927), Belgian liberal politician
November 4 – Emmanuel de Bethune (born 1930), Belgian politician
November 12 – Hubert Nyssen (born 1925), Belgian-French writer and publisher
November 13 – Bobsam Elejiko (born 1981), Nigerian footballerhttps://www.bbc.com/sport/football/15720941 Nigerian player Bobsam Elejiko dies in Belgium 13 November 2011 BBC News 11 June 2017
December 1 – Hippolyte Van den Bosch (born 1926), Belgian footballer
December 20 – Leopold Unger (born 1922), journalist, columnist, and essayist
See also
2011 in Belgian television
References
2011
Belgium
Category:Years of the 21st century in Belgium
Category:2010s in Belgium
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