What is Vahit Melih Halefoğlu?
{{Infobox Politician | name = Vahit Melih Halefoğlu | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birthdate|1919|11|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Antakya]], [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>(now [[Turkey]]) | office = [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|25th]] [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | term_start = December 13, 1983 | term_end = December 21, 1987 | predecessor = [[İlter Türkmen]] | successor = [[Mesut Yılmaz]] | primeminister = [[Turgut Özal]] | alma_mater = [[Mekteb-i Mülkiye|Ankara University, School of Political Science]] | profession = Diplomat, politician | religion = | party = [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|Motherland Party]] (ANAP) | spouse = | children = |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|20|1919|11|19|df=y}} |death_place = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]}} '''Vahit Melih Halefoğlu''' (19 November 1919 – 20 January 2017) was a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[politician]] and [[diplomat]]. After the [[Turkish general election, 1983|general elections held in 1983]], [[Turgut Özal]] appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs from outside of the [[Turkish Grand National Assembly|parliament]].<ref name=Cıvaoğlu>{{cite web|last=Cıvaoğlu|first=Güneri|year=2016|title=Aile ağacında DNA|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2004/01/06/yazar/civaoglu.html|publisher=[[Milliyet]]|access-date= 18 December 2016}}</ref> In 1986, he was elected deputy of [[Ankara]] from the [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|Motherland Party]] (ANAP). He did not stand for election in the [[Turkish general election, 1987|1987 general elections]] and ended his political career. Halefoğlu died on 20 January 2017 in [[Istanbul]], aged 97.<ref>[http://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/turgut-ozalin-ilk-disisleri-bakani-vahit-halefoglu-vefat-etti Turgut Özal'ın ilk Dışişleri Bakanı Vahit Halefoğlu vefat etti] {{in lang|tr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * Biyografi.net - [http://www.biyografi.net/kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=779 ''Biography of Vahit Halefoğlu''] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSO