2015 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened in 2015 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Philippe[1]
- Prime Minister: Charles Michel
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 3 January - Belgian media reports that serial rapist and murderer Frank Van Den Bleeken will be euthanised in prison in Bruges on 11 January.[2]
- 15 January - Belgian police kill two suspected terrorists in an anti-terrorism raid near Verviers.[3]
June
[edit]November
[edit]- 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.[5]
- 21-25 November - Brussels lockdown in the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks.
December
[edit]- 12 December - Jozef De Kesel installed as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
Deaths
[edit]- 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)
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Philippe, king of Belgium | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Belgian serial rapist and murderer Fran Van Den Bleeken 'to be euthanised' in January". 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Belgian anti-terror raid in Verviers leaves two dead". BBC News. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "NI driver killed in Belgium school trip bus crash". BBC News. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ "De Kesel becomes head of Roman Catholic Church in Belgium". Flanders News. VRT. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
