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See also:	Other events of 1997 List of years in Belgium

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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