Vahit Melih Halefoğlu

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

In this Turkic name, the surname is Halefoğlu, sometimes transliterated as Halefoglu.

Vahit Melih Halefoğlu
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 December 1983 – 21 December 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

Following his education at the School of Political Science in Ankara University in 1942 he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1962 and 1983, Halefoğlu served as ambassador in Beirut (1962–1965), Kuwait City (1964–1965), Moscow (1965–1966, 1982–1983), The Hague (1966–1970) and Bonn[1] (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 stand for election in the 1987 general elections and ended his political career.

Personal life

Halefoğlu was married to Zehra Bereket. Her father, Suphi Bereket, was the first President of the Syrian Federation.[2]

Halefoğlu died on 20 January 2017 at the age of 97. He was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following the religious funeral service in Teşvikiye Mosque.[3]

See also

References
  1. Göçek, Fatma Müge (2015). Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present and Collective Violence Against the Armenians, 1789-2009. Oxford University Press. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-19-933420-9.
  2. Güneri Cıvaoğlu (2016). "Aile ağacında DNA". Milliyet. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. "Eski Dışişleri Bakanı Halefoğlu Son Yolculuğuna Uğurlandı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.


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