2006 in Belgium

This article lists some of the events that took place in Belgium in 2006.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II
• Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

Events

• 22 to 26 March – 2006 World University Cycling Championship takes place in Antwerp/Herentals: The Netherlands wins the overall medal table. Ellen van Dijk is the best cyclist with 1 gold and 1 silver medal.
• 12 April – Murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck
• 9 September – 50th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Waasmunster.
• 8 October – Provincial and municipal elections

Deaths

• 27 March – Madeleine Scrève (born 1912), fencer
• 3 April – Michel Delire (born 1933), footballer
• 12 April – Joe Van Holsbeeck, teenage murder victim
• 14 June – Jean Roba (born 1930), comics author
• 29 June – Philibert Mees (born 1929), composer and pianist
• 4 July – Norbert Kerckhove (born 1932), cyclist
• 6 July – Piet Van Brabant (born 1932), journalist
• 5 August – Hugo Schiltz (born 1927), politician
• 16 August – Julien Schepens (born 1935), cyclist
• 4 September – Rémy Belvaux (born 1966), film maker
• 6 October – Louis Van Schill (born 1921), cyclist
• 25 November – Jules Deneumoulin (born 1910), canoeist
• 8 December – Albert De Coninck (born 1915), communist
• 30 December – Renaat Bosschaert (born 1938), artist

See also

• 2006 in Belgian television

References