1988 in Belgium

Events in the year 1988 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events

 * 20 September – Margaret Thatcher gives a speech in Bruges.
 * 9 October – Municipal elections

Publications

 * OECD, Economic Surveys, 1987/1988: Belgium, Luxembourg
 * François Perin, Histoire d'une nation introuvable (Brussels, Legrain).

Births

 * 22 February – Kevin Borlée, sprinter
 * 6 March – Simon Mignolet, footballer
 * 8 October – Hanne Gaby Odiele, model
 * 10 October – Jodie Devos, operatic soprano (d. 2024)

Deaths

 * 5 January – Jules-François Crahay (born 1917), fashion designer
 * 28 October – Lucien Leboutte (born 1898), air chief