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1991 in Belgium
Events from the year
1991 in
Belgium
Incumbents
Monarch:
Baudouin
Prime Minister:
Wilfried Martens
Events
7 February
–
André-Joseph Léonard
appointed
Bishop of Namur
by
Pope John Paul II
14 April
– André-Joseph Léonard consecrated as Bishop of Namur by
Cardinal Godfried Danneels
18 July
- Assassination of Socialist politician
André Cools
.
25 August
- The
Belgian Grand Prix
is held at the
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
and is won by
Ayrton Senna
.
29 September
- New government formed under incumbent
Prime Minister
Wilfried Martens
24 November
-
Belgian general election, 1991
27 December
–
Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem
retires as
bishop of Ghent
Births
7 January
-
Eden Hazard
,
footballer
12 November
-
Gijs Van Hoecke
, cyclist
Deaths
18
July
- André Cools, Socialist politician and former
government minister
27 September
-
Alois Vansteenkiste
, cyclist