Events from the year 1992 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Baudouin

Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens (to 7 March); Jean-Luc Dehaene (from 7 March)

1992 in Belgium

Events

7 February – Belgium a signatory of the Maastricht Treaty

24 March to 2 April – Dirk Frimout is the first Belgian in space

6 June – The 70-point plan (Belgium) is presented by Filip Dewinter Vlaams Blok as an "answer to the problem of immigrants." It wanted to prove that a policy of return of immigrants could be realised. The plan was heavily criticised because it was considered to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

1992 in Belgium

Publications

Leo Joseph Suenens, Memories and Hopes (Dublin: Veritas) Marcel van Meerhaeghe (ed.), Belgium and EC Membership Evaluated (London and New York)

1992 in Belgium

Births

11 May – Thibaut Courtois, footballer

10 July – Jonas Bloquet, actor

Deaths

19 November – René Tavernier (born 1914), geologist

12 December – Suzanne Lilar (born 1901), writer

24 December – Peyo (born Pierre Culliford, 1928), comics artist

References

Belgium

Years of the 20th century in Belgium

1990s in Belgium

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