2015 in Belgium

none 2015 The following lists events that happened in 2015 in the Kingdom of Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: PhilippePhilippe, king of Belgium king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philippe-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Charles Michel Events January 3 January - Belgian media reports that serial rapist and murderer Frank Van Den Bleeken will be euthanised in prison in Bruges on 11 January.http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/belgian-serial-rapist-murderer-frank-van-den-bleeken-be-euthanised-january-1481742 Belgian serial rapist and murderer Fran Van Den Bleeken 'to be euthanised' in January 3 January 2015 4 January 2015 15 January - Belgian police kill two suspected terrorists in an anti-terrorism raid near Verviers.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30840160 Belgian anti-terror raid in Verviers leaves two dead BBC News 16 January 2015 16 January 2015 June 28 June - A coach driver from Northern Ireland is killed and several teachers and schoolchildren from Brentwood in Essex are injured after a coach crashes near Ostend.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33303121 NI driver killed in Belgium school trip bus crash BBC News 28 June 2015 28 June 2015 November 6 November - Resignation of André-Joseph Léonard as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels comes into effect; Jozef De Kesel, bishop of Bruges, named as his successor.http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2489938 De Kesel becomes head of Roman Catholic Church in Belgium Flanders News VRT 6 November 2015 16 May 2017 21-25 November - Brussels lockdown in the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks. December 12 December - Jozef De Kesel installed as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels Deaths 5 January – Alfons Peeters, 71, footballer (b. 1943) 10 January – Junior Malanda, 20, professional footballer (b. 1994) 22 January – Louis Devos, 88, opera singer and educator (b. 1926) 26 January – Louisa Colpeyn, 96, actress (b. 1918) 1 February – Marie-José Villiers, 98, countess (b. 1916) 18 February – Claude Criquielion, 58, professional road bicycle racer (b. 1957) 25 March – Joris Van Hauthem, 51, politician (b. 1963) 2 April – Steve Stevaert, 60, politician (b. 1954) 13 April – Noël De Pauw, 72, professional racing cyclist (b. 1942) 22 April – Régis Ghesquière, 65, decathlete (b. 1949) 13 November – Éliane Vogel-Polsky, 89, lawyer and feminist (b. 1926) See also 2015 in Belgian television References 2015 Category:Years of the 21st century in Belgium Belgium Belgium Category:2010s in Belgium