2008 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Albert II
 * Prime Minister:
 * until 20 March: Guy Verhofstadt
 * 20 March-30 December: Yves Leterme
 * starting 30 December: Herman Van Rompuy

March

 * March 2 - Bruno Valkeniers is chosen as party chairman of political party Vlaams Belang with 94.6% of the vote.
 * March 20 - Leterme I Government sworn in after 9 months of negotiations.

April

 * April 12 - Standard Liège beat Anderlecht 2–0 at home and win the First Division.

May

 * May 8 - Club Brugge player François Sterchele dies in a car crash.

September

 * September 22 - Political parties CD&V and N-VA end their collaboration. Geert Bourgeois resigns from the Flemish government.

October

 * October 5 - Rik Ceulemans is the first Belgian to win the Marathon of Brussels in 2:19.29.

December

 * December 22 - Albert II accepts Yves Leterme's resignation as Prime Minister
 * December 28 - During a Taizé Community meeting in Brussels, 40,000 youths from across Europe come together to profess their faith.
 * December 30 - Van Rompuy Government sworn in

Full date unknown

 * Center for European Democracy Studies is established in Brussels.

Births

 * April 16 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium, second daughter and fourth child of King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

Deaths

 * 27 March – Robert Demoulin (born 1911), historian
 * 25 August – Paul Schruers (born 1929), bishop of Hasselt