Events from the year 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 Els De Bens, De pers in België. Het verhaal van de Belgische dagbladpers: Gisteren, vandaag en morgen Bianca Booms and Jean-Paul Wydoodt, Alcohol, illegale drugs en medicatie: Recente ontwikkelingen in Vlaanderen, 1996.
Births 1 July – Eléonor Sana, skier 15 October – Romanie Schotte, Miss Belgium 2017 30 September – Max Verstappen, racing driver and the 2021 Formula One World Champion
Deaths 5 January – André Franquin (born 1924), comics artist 19 January – Robert-Joseph Mathen (born 1916), bishop 15 June – Edmond Leburton (born 1915), prime minister
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