Events in the year 2011 in
Belgium.
Incumbents
*
Monarch:
Albert II
*
Prime Minister:
Yves Leterme
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (; born 6 October 1960 in Wervik) is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V). He was the prime minister of Belgium, from November 2009 to December 2011.
Leterme was the ...
(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 coalition
*February 26 - Flemish sitcom
F.C. De Kampioenen ''F.C. De Kampioenen'' (''F.C. The Champions'') is a long-running Flemish sitcom chronicling the (mis)adventures of a fictional local football team. It originally aired on the Belgian-Flemish channel TV1 (now Eén) between 1990 and 2011, for 21 sea ...
stops after 21 seasons.
*May 17 -
KRC Genk
Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk, Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four champ ...
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
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival that takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium, in mid- to late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—adjacent to a dual carriageway called ''Kempische Steenweg''—in the ...
is canceled after heavy weather leaves 5 people dead and 140 wounded.
*August 28 -
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in Formula One ...
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
On 13 December 2011, a murder–suicide attack took place in the city of Liège in the Wallonia region of Belgium.
The attacker, 33-year-old Nordine Amrani, threw grenades and fired an FN FAL rifle at civilians on the Place Saint-Lambert, th ...
: Nordine Amrani kills 5 people and injures 125 others in a shooting and grenade attack in
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
before
killing himself.
Deaths
*November 13 -
Bobsam Elejiko (30), Nigerian footballer
See also
*
2011 in Belgian television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 2011.
Events
*12 February - Witloof Bay are selected to represent Belgium at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "With Love Baby". They are selected to be the fifty-third Belg ...
References
{{Year in Europe, 2011
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Years of the 21st century in Belgium
2010s in Belgium
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