Joseph Michel (Saint-Mard, 25 October 1925 – Arlon, 3 June 2016) was a Christian-democratic Belgian politician, member of the PSC, who was President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1980-1981) and who twice served as Minister of the Interior.

Joseph Michel was born in Saint-Mard, Virton in 1925. In 1958 he was elected a member of the city council of Virton (1959-1994), where he also served as alderman (1959-1970) and mayor (1970-1982). He became a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1961 and served until 1991. He was the President of the Chamber of Representatives from 1980-1981. Michel was minister of the Interior (1974-1977) in thre first government of Leo Tindemans. During his term he put through a massive fusion operation in which the number of Belgian communes was lowered from 2.359 to 596. From 1977 to 1979 he was minister of French-language National Education. He later again served a second term as minister of the Interior (1986-1988) under Wilfried Martens.On 3 June 2016 Michel died aged 90.