# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-pholien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:26.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-pholien"
name: "Joseph Pholien"
slug: "joseph-pholien"
description: "Joseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien 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 the minister of Justice under Paul-Henri Spaak from May 1938 to February 1939 and was the prime minister of Belgium from 16 August 1950 to 15 January 1952. In 1966, he became a minister of State."
tagline: "Belgian politician (1884-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brussels%2C_Palais_de_la_Nation%2C_Joseph_Pholien.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1884-12-28"
deathDate: "1968-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.28538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Pholien"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Pholien"
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  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosephus_Pholien"
    title: "Iosephus Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фольен, Жозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Pholien"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pholien"
    title: "Joseph Pholien"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump