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Events from the year 1999 in Belgium
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Events from the year 1999 in Belgium
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2009 to 2019, and has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008 and deputy prime minister and minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009.
Philippe or Filip is King of the Belgians. He is the eldest child of King Albert II and Queen Paola. He succeeded his father upon the latter's abdication for health reasons on 21 July 2013. He married Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz in 1999, with whom he has four children. Their eldest child, Princess Elisabeth, is first in the line of succession.
Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales, is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The party is active in Wallonia, the Brussels-Capital Region, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Mathilde is Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Philippe. She is the first native-born Belgian queen. She has founded and assisted charities to decrease poverty in the country.
Paul Beliën, is a Flemish Belgian journalist, author and founder of the conservative blog The Brussels Journal.
Jean-Philippe Toussaint is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel Fuir, second volume of the « Cycle of Marie », a four-tome chronicle published over ten years and displaying the separation of Marie and her lover. His 2009 novel La Vérité sur Marie, third volume of the cycle, won the Prix Décembre.
Princess Léa of Belgium is the widow of Prince Alexandre of Belgium. She is an aunt by marriage of King Philippe of Belgium.
Events from the year 2007 in Belgium
Guy Vanhengel is a Flemish politician for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD).
Belgium–France relations are the interstate relations between Belgium and France. Relations were established after the independence of Belgium. Both nations are great allies. Both nations have cultural similarities. Both nations are founding members of NATO, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the European Union.
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
This article details events occurring in the year 2004 in Belgium. Major events include a gas explosion in Ghislenghien, which killed 24 people, and the restructuring of the Vlaams Blok political party.
Events from the year 2003 in Belgium
Events from the year 2001 in Belgium
Events in the year 1890 in Belgium.
Events in the year 2016 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1986 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1843 in Belgium.
The following lists events that happened during 1904 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Events in the year 1955 in Belgium.
