1981 in Belgium
# 1981 in Belgium

Events in the year 1981 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Baudouin
* Prime Minister:
   * until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
   * 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
   * starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens

## Events

* July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
* October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
* November 8 - General election

## Publications

* Cowboy Henk strip first published
* OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg
* Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 4 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)

## Births

### January

* 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
* 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor

### February

* 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
* 27 February
   * Evi Goffin, singer
   * Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter

### April

* 10 April – Yves V, DJ and producer

### May

* 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian

### June

* 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist

### July

* 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist

### October

* 3 October – Lydia Klinkenberg, politician

## Deaths

* January 27 - Leo Collard (born 1902), politician
* February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
* February 9 - Albert Dejonghe (born 1894), cyclist
* April 5 - Émile Hanse (born 1892), footballer
* May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
* August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
* October 21 - Wilfried Puis (born 1943), footballer
* November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist
