title: 1981 in Belgium
text: # 1981 in Belgium
  
  Events in the year 1981 in Belgium.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Baudouin
  * Prime Minister:
     * until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
     * 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
     * starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens
  
  ## Events
  
  * July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
  * October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
  * November 8 - General election
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Cowboy Henk strip first published
  * OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg
  * Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 4 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)
  
  ## Births
  
  ### January
  
  * 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
  * 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor
  
  ### February
  
  * 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
  * 27 February
     * Evi Goffin, singer
     * Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter
  
  ### April
  
  * 10 April – Yves V, DJ and producer
  
  ### May
  
  * 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian
  
  ### June
  
  * 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist
  
  ### July
  
  * 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist
  
  ### October
  
  * 3 October – Lydia Klinkenberg, politician
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 27 - Leo Collard (born 1902), politician
  * February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
  * February 9 - Albert Dejonghe (born 1894), cyclist
  * April 5 - Émile Hanse (born 1892), footballer
  * May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
  * August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
  * October 21 - Wilfried Puis (born 1943), footballer
  * November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist
  