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Joseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien (28 December 1884 – 4 January 1968) was a Belgian Catholic politician and member of the Christian Social Party. 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 Minister of Justice under Paul-Henri Spaak from May 1938 to February 1939 and was the 37th 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).
Joseph Pholien in The Hot War[]
Belgian Prime Minister Joseph Pholien and his Dutch counterpart Willem Drees were metaphorically screeching into President Truman's ears from either side, after America failed to prevent the Russians from destroying Antwerp, Belgium, with an atomic bomb in September 1951.[1]
Literary comment[]
While neither Prime Minister is named, they were in office at the Point of Divergence. World War III has progressed swiftly in a compact time frame, so it is likely they were still in office.
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Preceded by Jean Duvieusart |
Prime Minister of Belgium 1950-1952 |
Succeeded by Jean Van Houtte |
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