Events in the year 2009 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Albert II Prime Minister: Herman Van Rompuy to 15 November; from 25 November Yves Leterme
Events January 4 January – Johan Bonny consecrated as bishop of Antwerp. 23 January – Dendermonde nursery attack
February 11 February – With 5,000 present, the Fortis shareholders' meeting to vote on the break-up and sale of the company to the Dutch and Belgian governments was the largest shareholders' meeting in Belgian history. 26 February – Franco-Belgian bank Dexia announces 3.3 billion euros of net losses for 2008.
March 4 March – Association belge des familles des disparus (founded 1948) wound up.
October 11 October – Father Damien canonised by Pope Benedict XVI, in the presence of King Albert II, Queen Paola, and Herman Van Rompuy.
November 15 November – Herman Van Rompuy resigns as Prime Minister in order to become President of the European Council; Van Rompuy Government ends. 25 November – Leterme II Government sworn in.
Deaths 4 January - Lei Clijsters (52), footballer, father of Kim Clijsters. 2 February - Louis Proost (73), cyclist. 4 March - Patricia De Martelaere (51), writer. 18 March – Rita Lejeune (102), medievalist 6 March - Henri Pousseur (79), composer.
See also 2009 in Belgian television
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