1993 in Belgium

Events from the year 1993 in Belgium

← 1992 1991 1990 1993 in Belgium → 1994 1995 1996
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1993 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin (until 31 July);^[1] Albert II (from 9 August)
• Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene

Events

January

• 20 January – Kidnapping of Ulrika Bidegård

February

• 6 February – Revision of the Constitution of Belgium signed into law

May

• 15 May – Barbara Dex represents Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

June

• 6 June – Standard Liège wins the Belgian Cup at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

July

• 31 July – Death of King Baudouin

August

• 9 August – Albert II sworn in as King, following the death of his brother Baudouin, on 31 July

Publications

• M. Leroy, De la Belgique unitaire à l'Etat fédéral (Brussels, Bruylant).

Births

• 29 March – Thorgan Hazard, footballer
• 13 April – Daan Myngheer, cyclist (died 2016)
• 9 May – Rachel Sobry, politician
• 13 May – Romelu Lukaku, footballer
• 1 June – Noémie Happart, model
• 4 September – Yannick Carrasco, footballer
• 2 October – Michy Batshuayi, footballer

Deaths

• 12 January – Pierre Nihant (born 1925), cyclist
• 3 February

Éliane de Meuse (born 1899), painter

Karel Goeyvaerts (born 1923), composer

• 23 February – Robert Triffin (born 1911), economist
• 21 March – Albert Ramon (born 1920), cyclist
• 10 July – Alfred Hamerlinck (born 1905), cyclist
• 31 July – Baudouin of Belgium (born 1930), monarch
• 21 September – Fernand Ledoux (born 1897), actor
• 22 November – Alois De Hertog (born 1927), cyclist
• 29 November – Arnold Boghaert (born 1920), bishop
• 3 December – Henricus Cockuyt (born 1903), Olympic sprinter
• 20 December – Hubert Deltour, (born 1911), cyclist