1997 in Belgium

Events from the year 1997 in Belgium

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Albert II
 * Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene

Events

 * 27 February – Closure of Vilvoorde Renault Factory announced, with a loss of 3,100 jobs, inspiring the following year's Procédure Renault, a new consultation procedure for mass redundancies.

Publications

 * Bianca Booms and Jean-Paul Wydoodt, Alcohol, illegale drugs en medicatie: Recente ontwikkelingen in Vlaanderen, 1996.

Births

 * 1 July – Eléonor Sana, skier
 * 15 October – Romanie Schotte, Miss Belgium 2017
 * 30 September – Max Verstappen, racing driver and the 2021 Formula One World Champion

Deaths

 * 5 January – André Franquin (born 1924), comics artist
 * 19 January – Robert-Joseph Mathen (born 1916), bishop
 * 15 June – Edmond Leburton (born 1915), prime minister