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

  Deaths

• 5 January – André Franquin, comics artist
• 15 June – Edmond Leburton, prime minister