2008 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 2008 List of years in Belgium

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

• Monarch: Albert II^[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • until 20 March: Guy Verhofstadt
  • 20 March-30 December: Yves Leterme
  • starting 30 December: Herman Van Rompuy

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

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

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

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

• 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

• Center for European Democracy Studies is established in Brussels.^[2]

• April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium, second daughter and fourth child of King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.^[3]

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

• 2008 in Belgian television