Vahit Melih Halefoğlu

Vahit Melih Halefoğlu
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office December 13, 1983 – December 21, 1987
Prime Minister	Turgut Özal
Preceded by	İlter Türkmen
Succeeded by	Mesut Yılmaz
Personal details
Born	(1919-11-19) November 19, 1919 Antakya, Turkey
Political party	Motherland Party (ANAP)
Alma mater	Ankara University, School of Political Science
Profession	Diplomat, politician

Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (born 19 November 1919, Antakya) is a Turkish politician and former diplomat.

Following his education at the School of Political Science in Ankara University, he entered in 1942 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1962–1983, Halefoğlu served as ambassador in Beirut (1962–1965), Kuwait City (1964–1965), Moscow (1965–1966, 1982–1983), Den Haag (1966–1970) and Bonn (1972–1982).

After the general elections held in 1983, Turgut Özal appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs from outside of the parliament. At the intermediate general elections of 1986, he was elected deputy of Ankara from the Motherland Party (ANAP). He did not candidate at the 1987 general elections and ended his political career.

See also

• List of Turkish diplomats

References

• Biyografi.net - Biography of Vahit Halefoğlu

Political offices
Preceded by İlter Türkmen	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey December 13, 1983–December 21, 1987	Succeeded by Mesut Yılmaz