2008 in Belgium
# 2008 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Albert II
* Prime Minister:
   * until 20 March: Guy Verhofstadt
   * 20 March-30 December: Yves Leterme
   * starting 30 December: Herman Van Rompuy

## Events

### March

* March 2 - Bruno Valkeniers is chosen as party chairman of political party Vlaams Belang with 94.6% of the vote.
* March 20 - Leterme I Government sworn in after 9 months of negotiations.

### April

* April 12 - Standard Liège beat Anderlecht 2–0 at home and win the First Division.

### May

* May 8 - Club Brugge player François Sterchele dies in a car crash.

### September

* September 22 - Political parties CD&V and N-VA end their collaboration. Geert Bourgeois resigns from the Flemish government.

### October

* October 5 - Rik Ceulemans is the first Belgian to win the Marathon of Brussels in 2:19.29.

### December

* December 22 - Albert II accepts Yves Leterme's resignation as Prime Minister
* December 28 - During a Taizé Community meeting in Brussels, 40,000 youths from across Europe come together to profess their faith.
* December 30 - Van Rompuy Government sworn in

## Births

* April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium, second daughter and fourth child of King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

## Deaths

* 27 March – Robert Demoulin (born 1911), historian
* 25 August – Paul Schruers (born 1929), bishop of Hasselt
