Henri "Rik" Joseph Boel (5 September 1931 – 13 November 2020) was a Belgian politician and judge.
In 1954 Boel graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven as a Doctor Juris.
From 3 June 1977 to 20 October 1978, Boel served as the minister of the interior in the government led by Leo Tindemans, and his successor Paul Vanden Boeynants.
[5] After he was appointed as a judge in the Court of Arbitration in 1986, Boel resigned all his political mandates.
From March 2001 until his retirement in September 2001, he served as President of the Dutch linguistic group on the Court.