2012 in Belgium

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Events in the year 2012 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Elio Di Rupo ^[2]

Events

February

• 3 to 4 February – The traffic record is broken in Belgium due to excessive snowfall, 1,275 kilometres of traffic.

March

• 13 March – Sierre coach crash: a bus with Belgian and Dutch schoolchildren crashes in a tunnel near Sierre, Switzerland, killing 28 and injuring 24.
• 16 March – National day of mourning for the victims of the Sierre coach crash. ^[3]

June

• 7 June – King Albert II of Belgium opens the 25N railway line.

September

• 17 September – Flemish commercial TV channel VT4 relaunched as VIER.

October

• 14 October – Provincial and municipal elections take place.
• 24 October – Announcement that Ford Genk would close at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, leaving 4,300 unemployed. ^[4]
• 27 October – Five Belgians die in a bus accident in Kerak, Jordan.

December

• 9 December – The Benelux train serving Amsterdam and Brussels is replaced by the Fyra high speed train.

Sports

• 24 March – The team K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen wins the 2011–12 Belgian Cup.
• 6 May – Anderlecht win the Belgian Pro League after a home draw against Club Brugge.
• 2 September – Jenson Button wins the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. ^[5]
• 7 October – Joseph Mutai wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:16.41.
• 25–27 August – Ellen van Dijk wins 2012 Lotto-Decca Tour

Deaths

• 22 January - Rita Gorr (born 1926), operatic mezzo-soprano
• 5 May – Jacques Stiennon (born 1920), historian
• 12 May - Eddy Paape (born 1920), comics artist
• 15 May - Dominique Rolin (born 1913), novelist
• 24 May - Jacqueline Harpman (born 1929), Francophone writer and psychoanalyst
• 5 July - Rob Goris (born 1982), professional road racing cyclist
• 5 August - Michel Daerden (born 1949), politician and finance auditor
• 16 August - Martine Franck (born 1938), documentary and portrait photographer
• 19 August - Maïté Nahyr (born 1947), actress
• 21 August - Guy Spitaels (born 1931), politician
• 1 September - Françoise Collin (born 1928), novelist, philosopher and feminist
• 21 September - Henry Bauchau (born 1913), political activist and psychoanalyst
• 6 October - Raoul De Keyser (born 1930), painter
• 7 October - Ivo Michiels (born 1923), writer
• 10 October - Jos Huysmans (born 1941), professional road bicycle racer
• 12 October - Jean-Pierre Hautier (born 1955), television presenter and broadcaster
• 23 October - Jozef Mannaerts (born 1923), footballer
• 6 November - Charles Delporte (born 1928), painter and sculptor
• 11 November - Victor Mees (born 1927), footballer
• 17 November - Armand Desmet (born 1931), professional road bicycle racer
• 7 December - Denis Houf (born 1932), footballer
• 19 December - Georges Jobé (born 1961), professional motocross racer
• 24 December – Xavier Mabille (born 1933), historian and political scientist

See also

• 2012 in Belgian television

References

1. "Belgian King Philippe sworn in". BBC News. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
2. "Belgian king begins talks on forming new government". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
3. "Belgian day of national mourning for coach crash dead". BBC News. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
4. "Ford Genk sluit in 2014". De Standaard (in Dutch). 24 October 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
5. "Jenson Button wins Belgian Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton crashes out". The Guardian . 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.