Vahit Melih Halefoğlu

Turkish politician and diplomat (1919-2017)

Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (19 November 1919 – 20 January 2017) was a Turkish politician and diplomat.

Vahit Melih Halefoğlu
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
December 13, 1983 – December 21, 1987
Prime MinisterTurgut Özal
Preceded byİlter Türkmen
Succeeded byMesut Yılmaz
Personal details
Born(1919-11-19)19 November 1919
Antakya, Ottoman Empire
(now Turkey)
Died20 January 2017(2017-01-20) (aged 97)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyMotherland Party (ANAP)
Alma materAnkara University, School of Political Science
ProfessionDiplomat, politician

After the general elections held in 1983, Turgut Özal appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs from outside of the parliament.[1] In 1986, he was elected deputy of Ankara from the Motherland Party (ANAP). He did not stand for election in the 1987 general elections and ended his political career.

Halefoğlu died on 20 January 2017 in Istanbul, aged 97.[2]

References change

  1. Cıvaoğlu, Güneri (2016). "Aile ağacında DNA". Milliyet. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. Turgut Özal'ın ilk Dışişleri Bakanı Vahit Halefoğlu vefat etti (in Turkish)

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