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2005 in Belgium
This article details events from the year
2005 in
Belgium
.
Major events include the holding of the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
in Belgium, and the appointment of Belgium's first
female rabbi
.
Incumbents
Monarch:
Albert II
Prime Minister:
Guy Verhofstadt
Events
May 15 -
Club Brugge
win the
Belgian Pro League
.
June 1 -
Marcel Smets
becomes
the 2nd
Vlaams Bouwmeester succeeding
Bob van Reeth
.
July 6 - The
Flemish parliament
approves of a municipality decree, redefining the role and abilities of
local governments
.
September 11 - Belgium gets its first female
rabbi
.
Floriane Chinsky
accepts her appointment in the new synagogue of
Vorst
September 28 - Kenyan
Samson Kosgei
wins the
Brussels Marathon
in a time of 2:12.01.
October 11 - The
Verhofstadt II Government
proposes the Generatiepact to parliament.
November 26 - The third Junior
Eurovision Song Contest
is held in
Hasselt
Births
October 4
-
Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
December 13
*
Prince Aymeric of Belgium
*
Prince Nicolas of Belgium
Deaths
15 August
–
Adriaan Pattin
, historian of
medieval philosophy