1992 in Belgium

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1992
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also:Other events of 1992
List of years in Belgium

Events from the year 1992 in Belgium

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Baudouin[1]
  • Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens (to 7 March); Jean-Luc Dehaene (from 7 March)

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).

Publications[]

  • Leo Joseph Suenens, Memories and Hopes (Dublin: Veritas)[2]
  • Marcel van Meerhaeghe (ed.), Belgium and EC Membership Evaluated (London and New York)[3]

Births[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ Suenens, Léon Joseph (1992). Memories and hopes. ISBN 9781853901294.
  3. ^ "Belgium and EC membership evaluated". 1992.
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