1981 in Belgium

Events in the year 1981 in Belgium.

← 1980 1979 1978 1981 in Belgium → 1982 1983 1984
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1981 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Wilfried Martens at a meeting of the European Council in Maastricht, 23 March 1981

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister:
  • until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
  • 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
  • starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens

Events

• July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
• October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
• November 8 - General election

Publications

• Cowboy Henk strip first published
• OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg
• Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 4 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)

Births

January

• 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
• 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor

February

• 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
• 27 February
  • Evi Goffin, singer
  • Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter

April

• 10 April – Yves V, DJ and producer

May

• 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian

June

• 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist

July

• 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist

October

• 3 October – Lydia Klinkenberg, politician

Deaths

• January 27 - Leo Collard (born 1902), politician
• February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
• February 9 - Albert Dejonghe (born 1894), cyclist
• April 5 - Émile Hanse (born 1892), footballer
• May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
• August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
• October 21 - Wilfried Puis (born 1943), footballer
• November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist