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
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, and volunteered to serve with the
Belgian army during
World War I, being commissioned as a
first lieutenant. He was the minister of Justice under
Paul-Henri Spaak from May 1938 to February 1939 and was the
prime minister of Belgium
german: Premierminister von Belgien
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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
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(BUNC) to fight in the
Korean War (1950–1953).
He was the last Christian Democrat prime minister from Wallonia.
Honours
* :
**
Croix de Guerre
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** Minister of state, by Royal Decree.
** Grand Officer in the
Order of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to:
* Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918
* Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium
* Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo ...
.
** Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of the Crown.
** Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Leopold II.
* : Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of the Crown of Thailand.
* Grand Officer in the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
* Commander in the
Legion of Honour.
References
External links
Joseph Pholieni
ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures
1884 births
1968 deaths
Belgian Ministers of State
Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) politicians
20th-century Belgian politicians
Prime Ministers of Belgium
Politicians from Liège
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