Joseph Michel (25 October 1925 – 3 June 2016) was a Christian-Democrat Belgian politician, member of the PSC, who was

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of the

Belgian Chamber of Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: link=no, Chambre des représentants, german: link=no, Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered ...

(1980–81) and who twice served as Minister of the Interior. Joseph Michel was born in Saint-Mard,

Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; wa, Vierton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the princ ...

in 1925. In 1958 he was elected a member of the city council of Virton (1959–94), where he also served as alderman (1959–70) and mayor (1970–82). He became a member of the

in 1961 and served until 1991. He was the President of the Chamber of Representatives from 1980–81. Michel was minister of the Interior (1974–77) in the first government of

Leo Tindemans Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans (; 16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium serving from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978. He was a member of the Chri ...

. During his term he put through a massive fusion operation in which the number of Belgian communes was lowered from 2.359 to 596. From 1977 to 1979 he was minister of French-language National Education. He later again served a second term as minister of the Interior (1986–88) under

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. On 3 June 2016 Michel died in

Arlon Arlon (; lb, Arel ; nl, Aarlen ; german: Arel ; wa, Årlon; la, Orolaunum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in and capital of the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is t ...

aged 90.

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