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Joseph Pholien

1884 - 1968

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Joseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf klɔvis lwi maʁi emanɥɛl fɔljɛ̃]; 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 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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Pholien is the 13,201st most popular politician (up from 13,384th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 553rd in 2019) and the 119th most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Pholien ranks 13,201 out of 19,576. Before him are Salim bin Thuwaini, Julio Antonio Mella, Jo Cals, Devan Nair, Helen Herron Taft, and Su Tseng-chang. After him are Ahn Changho, Igor Dodon, Muhammad ibn Idris, Miro, Count of Barcelona, Pietro III Candiano, and Trần Nhân Tông.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Joseph Pholien ranks 146. Before him are Alice Milliat, Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Jean Decoux, Carl Holmberg, André Auffray, and Zofia Nałkowska. After him are Nicholas Charnetsky, Maxwell Perkins, Ali Aaltonen, Agus Salim, Axel Ljung, and Burrill Bernard Crohn. Among people deceased in 1968, Joseph Pholien ranks 141. Before him are Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Leo Huberman, Harold D. Babcock, Jón Leifs, Vasyl Makukh, and Maurice Verdonck. After him are Nikifor, Johann Horvath, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Bruno Chizzo, Norman Brookes, and Leo Sexton.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Joseph Pholien ranks 541 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Gruter (1560), Brian Molko (1972), Gonzales Coques (1614), Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763), Charles Delporte (1893), and Maurice Verdonck (1873). After him are Hermann Huppen (1938), Henri Coppens (1930), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Georges Heylens (1941), Robert Waseige (1939), and Jules de Burlet (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Joseph Pholien ranks 119. Before him are Louis Michel (1947), Reginar IV, Count of Mons (950), Jean Van Houtte (1907), Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794), Henri Jaspar (1870), and Pierre de Decker (1812). After him are Jules de Burlet (1844), Henri de Brouckère (1801), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), Felix de Muelenaere (1793), Frans Schollaert (1851), and Jules Malou (1810).

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