2002 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II
• Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

  Events

• 1 January – Reform of Belgian local police territories into 28 "zones" comes into effect.

• World's first fetoscopic tracheal occlusion for congenital diaphragmatic hernia carried out in UZ Leuven.

• 13 June – Peter Carmeliet awarded the Francqui Prize for his work in the biological and medical sciences.

• 3-4 August – 2002 Spa 24 Hours won by Larbre Compétition

• 1 September – 2002 Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps won by Michael Schumacher.
• 21 September – Antwerp fashion museum opens.
• 30 September – Art Deco Flagey Building, former national broadcasting headquarters, reopens as a cultural centre after renovations.

• 30 October – Frank De Winne's first spaceflight begins.

• 4 December – Xavier Deutsch awarded the Prix Rossel for La Belle Étoile.

  Births

• 12 June – Charles Crombez, child actor

  Deaths

• 15 January – Jean Dockx, footballer
• 28 January – Gustaaf Deloor, cyclist

• 11 February – Frans Van Coetsem, linguist

• 23 March – Marcel Kint, cyclist

• 20 April – Pierre Rapsat, singer-songwriter

• 7 June – Lilian, Princess of Réthy

• 19 November – Prince Alexandre de Mérode