2002 in Belgium
# 2002 in Belgium

Events from the year 2002 in Belgium

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Albert II
* Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

## Events

### January

* 1 January – Reform of Belgian local police territories into 28 "zones" comes into effect.

### April

* World's first fetoscopic tracheal occlusion for congenital diaphragmatic hernia carried out in UZ Leuven.

### June

* 13 June – Peter Carmeliet awarded the Francqui Prize for his work in the biological and medical sciences.

### August

* 3-4 August – 2002 Spa 24 Hours won by Larbre Compétition

### September

* 1 September – 2002 Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps won by Michael Schumacher.
* 21 September – Antwerp fashion museum opens.

### October

* 30 October – Frank De Winne's first spaceflight begins.

### December

* 4 December – Xavier Deutsch awarded the Prix Rossel for La Belle Étoile.

## Art and architecture

### Buildings

* Poelaert Elevators in Brussels inaugurated
* Art Deco Flagey Building, former national broadcasting headquarters, reopens as a cultural centre after renovations.

## Births

* 15 January – Jannes Van Hecke, footballer
* 2 May – Killian Sardella, footballer
* 8 August – Marco Kana, footballer
* 21 August – Isaac Asante, footballer

## Deaths

### January

* 15 January – Jean Dockx, footballer (born 1941)
* 28 January – Gustaaf Deloor, cyclist (born 1913)

### February

* 11 February – Frans Van Coetsem, linguist (born 1919)

### March

* 23 March – Marcel Kint, cyclist (born 1914)

### April

* 20 April – Pierre Rapsat, singer-songwriter (born 1948)

### June

* 7 June – Lilian, Princess of Réthy (born 1916)

### November

* 19 November – Prince Alexandre de Mérode (born 1934)
