Joseph Pholien

✓ Source-basedfalling

Belgian politician (1884-1968)

PoliticiansLived 1884 to 1968 · aged 83

Compare

Fame48.2

MomentumNot measured

Languages21

In century#62,539

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 10

Minister of State

Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II

Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Croix de guerre 1940-1945 (Belgium)

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Connected to Joseph 6

Albert Joseph Goblet d'AlviellaAlso won Minister of State

Thomas T. HandyAlso won Croix de guerre 1940-1945 (Belgium)

Ed van ThijnAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II

Jan Jacob RochussenAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown

Ingrid SchulerudAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Stefaan De ClerckAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

About this person

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.