2015 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened in 2015 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
- Monarch: Philippe[1]
- Prime Minister: Charles Michel
Events
January
- 3 January - Belgian media reports that serial rapist and murderer Frank Van Den Bleeken will be euthanised in prison in Bruges on 11 January.[2]
- 15 January - Belgian police kill two suspected terrorists in an anti-terrorism raid near Verviers.[3]
June
- 28 June - A coach driver from Northern Ireland is killed and several teachers and schoolchildren from Brentwood in Essex are injured after a coach crashes near Ostend.[4]
November
- 6 November - Resignation of André-Joseph Léonard as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels comes into effect; Jozef De Kesel, bishop of Bruges, named as his successor.[5]
- 21-25 November - Brussels lockdown in the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks.
December
- 12 December - Jozef De Kesel installed as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
