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Events in the year 2022 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: Philippe[1]
* Prime Minister: Alexander De Croo[2]

## Events

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Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium

* 3 January - The Belgian government finalizes an agreement to buy 20,000 courses of Pfizer's Paxlovid COVID-19 drug and Merck & Co.'s Molnupiravir COVID-19 drug.[3]
* 20 January - Nineteen-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford returns to Kortrijk, Belgium, to complete her five-month circumnavigation, becoming the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world.[4]
* 18 February - Two people are killed as Storm Eunice impacts northwestern Europe. Millions are also left without power.[5]
* 7 March - Belgium removes most of its COVID-19-related restrictions, including lifting most of mask mandate and no longer requiring COVID Safe Tickets to enter most public places, after the country lowered its COVID-19 barometer from code orange to yellow.[6]
* 20 March - A car is driven into a crowd preparing to celebrate carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, killing six people and injuring around 40 others.[7]
* 29 March - Belgium joins the Netherlands, Ireland and the Czech Republic in expelling Russian diplomats due to the invasion of Ukraine,[8]
* 20 May - Belgium, and the Netherlands confirm their first cases of monkeypox.[9]
* 22 May - Belgium becomes the first country to introduce a monkeypox quarantine.[10]
* 8 June - King Philippe of Belgium, in a speech to the Congolese parliament in Kinshasa, formally condemns the atrocities that occurred when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared the personal property of his great-great granduncle, Leopold II of Belgium, saying that the colonial government "was one of unequal relations, unjustifiable in itself, marked by paternalism, discrimination and racism".[11]
* 20 June - The Belgian government repatriates Congolese independence leader and former prime minister Patrice Lumumba's remains, consisting of a tooth, through an official ceremony attended by his family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels.[12]
* 20 September – Episcopal Conference of Belgium publishes a suggested ritual for blessing stable same-sex unions.[13]
* 10 November - A police officer is killed and another is wounded during the 2022 Brussels stabbing at a train station in Brussels, Belgium. The perpetrator is killed.[14]
* 30 November – Jury selection begins in the trial of 10 suspects of the 2016 Brussels bombings, the largest court case in Belgian history.[15]

## Art and literature

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* 4 March – Release of Multitude, Stromae's third album, making it his first since 2013.

## Deaths

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* 2 January - Eric Walter Elst, Astronomer (b.1936)[16]
* 11 January - Evence-Charles Coppée, press director (b. 1953)[17]
* 11 January - Louis Dupré, Religious philosopher (b.1925)[18]
* 12 January - Marc Janson, painter (b. 1930)[19]
* 13 January - Fred Van Hove, Jazz musician (b. 1937)[20]
* 14 January - Alice von Hildebrand, Philosopher (b.1923)[21]
* 17 January - Michel Konen, journalist (b. 1950)[22]
* 20 January - Carla Galle, Olympic swimmer (b. 1948)[23]
* 29 January - Freddy Thielemans, politician (b. 1944)[24]
* 30 January - Frans Aerenhouts, cyclist (b. 1937)[25]
* 1 February - Jan Callewaert, businessman (b. 1956)[26]
* 7 February - Jacques Calonne, artist (b. 1930)[27]
* 11 February - Philippe van Kessel, actor (b. 1946)[28]
* 15 February - Roger Lambrecht, businessman and footballer (b.1931)[29]
* 17 February - André Messelis, road racing cyclist (b. 1931)[30]
* 19 February - Monique Hanotte, resistance member (b. 1920)[31]
* 10 March - Georges Ginoux, politician (b. 1933)
* 11 March - Frank De Coninck, diplomat (b. 1945)
* 29 March - Miguel Van Damme, footballer (b. 1993)
* 30 March - Willy Vanden Berghen, Olympic cyclist (b. 1939)
* 6 April - Reinhilde Decleir, actress (b. 1948)[32]
* 6 April - Annie Servais-Thysen, politician (b. 1933)
* 8 April - Henri Depireux, footballer (b. 1944)
* 10 April - Philippe Boesmans, composer (b. 1936)
* 17 April - Gilles Remiche, film director (b. 1979)
* 17 April - Catherine Spaak, actress (b. 1945)
* 23 April - Arno, singer (b. 1949)[33]
* 1 May - Régine Zylberberg, singer (b. 1929)[34]
* 2 May - Jean-Marie Faux, Jesuit author (b. 1923)[35]
* 3 May - Jan Béghin, politician (b. 1949)[36]
* 15 May - Robert Cogoi, singer (b. 1939)[37]
* 31 May - Andrée Geulen, teacher (b. 1921)[38]
* 1 June - Andrée Geulen, philanthropist (b. 1921)[39]
* 13 June - Henri Garcin, actor (b.1928)
* 18 June - Marie-Rose Gaillard, racing cyclist (b. 1944)[40]
* 26 July - Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer, banker (b. 1930)[41]
* 28 July - Philippe Sonnet, politician (b. 1964)[42]
* 2 August - Lucien Kroll, architect (b. 1927)[43]
* 3 August - Franz Marijnen, theatre director (b. 1943)[44]
* 5 August - Caroline Pauwels, rector (b. 1964)[45]
* 5 August - Jean-Jacques Cassiman, geneticist (b. 1943)[46]
* 6 August - Arnold Willems, actor (b. 1932)[47]
* 12 August - Georges Joris, politician (b. 1921)[48]
* 17 August - Jan De Crem, politician (b. 1928)[49]
* 25 August - Herman Van Springel, cyclist (b.1943)[50]
* 11 September - Jean Bock, politician (b. 1931)[51]
* 11 September - Michael DeGroote, businessman (b. 1933)[52]
* 14 September - Michel Verschueren, businessman (b. 1931)[53]
* 8 November — Will Ferdy, singer (b. 1927)
* 20 November – Andreas De Leenheer, biologist (b. 1941)
* 19 December – Luc De Schepper, physicist (b. 1957)

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37. ^ "Robert Cogoi avait participé à l'Eurovision il y a 58 ans, il s'en est allé au lendemain de la 66e édition du concours - Télévision locale de Charleroi et sa région - Thuin - Chimay - Basse Sambre". www.telesambre.be. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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39. ^ "Décès à Ixelles d'Andrée Geulen, devenue résistante pour sauver des enfants juifs". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
40. ^ "L'ex-championne du monde cycliste sur route Marie-Rose Gaillard est décédée". Édition digitale de Verviers (in French). 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
41. ^ Caloen, Ariane van. "Daniel Cardon, le banquier qui rêvait de la Grande banque belge, est décédé". La Libre.be (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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45. ^ "LEVENSVERHAAL. Voormalige rector VUB Caroline Pauwels (58) overleden: "Haar engagement gold niet alleen voor de universiteit, maar voor de hele samenleving"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
46. ^ "Geneticus Jean-Jacques Cassiman (79) overleden". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
47. ^ "Acteur Arnold Willems (90) - Georges uit 'Wittekerke' - onverwacht overleden". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
48. ^ "Voormalig burgemeester van Mechelen Georges Joris overleden op 101-jarige leeftijd". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
49. ^ "Ex-burgemeester van Aalter Jan De Crem (94) overleden". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
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51. ^ Lapraille, Daniel. "Jean Bock, dinosaure du parti libéral, bourgmestre de Gouvy pendant plus de 20 ans, est décédé". lavenir.net (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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53. ^ Rédaction. "Anderlecht et le football belge en deuil: Michel Verschueren est décédé à l'âge de 91 ans". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-16.

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