Henri Rolin
{{Short description|Belgian politician (1891–1973)}}
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File:1925 Belgian Delegation Locarno.jpg of the Belgian delegation at the Locarno Treaties taken by Roger Dumas, 7 October 1925. Left to right: Henri Rolin, Joseph de Ruelle, Emile Vandervelde, Pierre van Zuylen and Ferdinand du Chastel]]
Henri Marthe Sylvie Rolin (Ghent, 3 May 1891 – Paris, 20 April 1973) was a Belgian socialist politician, first part of the Belgian Workers' Party (POB-BWP) and later of its successor, the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB-BSP).
Career
Rolin served as a senator for the POB-BWP, later the PSB-BSP; a position which he held from 1932 until 1968. In 1942 he was named Minister of Defence in the Belgian government in exile.{{cite book |editor-last=Conway |editor-first=Martin |title=Europe in Exile: European Exile Communities in Britain 1940–45|year=2001|publisher=Berghahn|location=New York|isbn=1-57181-503-1|page=92|edition=1st |editor2=Gotovitch, José}} In 1946 he became Minister of Justice. In 1947 and 1949 he served as President of the Senate. In 1948 he was made a Minister of State. In 1952, Rolin assisted Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran, in the dispute United Kingdom v Iran at the International Court of Justice.{{cite web | title=Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Case (U.K. v. Iran), 1952 I.C.J. 93 (July 22) | website=WorldCourts | date=1952-07-22 | url=http://www.worldcourts.com/icj/eng/decisions/1952.07.22_oil_co.htm | access-date=2017-12-10}} The Court's judgment was that it had no jurisdiction in this matter (Iran's original contention). This was a main reason leading to the coup d'état in 1953.
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Category:Belgian Labour Party politicians
Category:Belgian Socialist Party politicians
Category:Ministers of state of Belgium
Category:Politicians from Ghent
Category:Presidents of the Senate (Belgium)
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Category:Members of the Belgian government in exile
Category:Ministers of justice of Belgium
Category:Ministers of defence of Belgium
Category:Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni
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