Joseph Pholien

Joseph Pholien

Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 16 August 1950 – 15 January 1952
Monarch	Baudouin
Preceded by	Jean Duvieusart
Succeeded by	Jean Van Houtte
Personal details
Born	(1884-12-28)28 December 1884 Liège, Belgium
Died	4 January 1968(1968-01-04) (aged 83) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Christian Social Party
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Joseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien (28 December 1884 – 4 January 1968) was a Belgian Catholic politician and member of the PSC-CVP. He was born in Liège, and volunteered to serve with the Belgian army during World War I, being commissioned as a first lieutenant. He was Minister of Justice under Paul-Henri Spaak from May 1938 to February 1939 and was the 37th Prime Minister of Belgium from 16 August 1950 to 15 January 1952. In 1966, he became a Minister of State.

His term as prime minister is notable for seeing the departure of the Belgian United Nations Command (BUNC) to fight in the Korean War (1950–1953).

Political offices
Preceded by Jean Duvieusart	Prime Minister of Belgium 1950–1952	Succeeded by Jean Van Houtte

Prime Ministers of Belgium

de Gerlache Lebeau de Muelenaere Goblet d'Alviella de Theux de Meylandt Lebeau Nothomb Van de Weyer de Theux de Meylandt Rogier de Brouckère de Decker Rogier Frère-Orban d'Anethan Malou Frère-Orban Malou Beernaert de Burlet de Smet de Naeyer Vandenpeereboom de Smet de Naeyer de Trooz Schollaert de Broqueville Cooreman Delacroix Carton de Wiart Theunis Van de Vyvere Poullet Jaspar Renkin de Broqueville Theunis van Zeeland Janson Spaak Pierlot Van Acker Spaak Van Acker Huysmans Spaak G. Eyskens Duvieusart Pholien Van Houtte Van Acker G. Eyskens Lefèvre Harmel Vanden Boeynants G. Eyskens Leburton Tindemans Vanden Boeynants Martens M. Eyskens Martens Dehaene Verhofstadt Leterme Van Rompuy Leterme Di Rupo Michel

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 20837125 LCCN: nb2004303858 ISNI: 0000 0000 5084 2813 GND: 132146878 SUDOC: 079410421

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