Vahit Melih Halefoğlu is a Turkish

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 politician

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 and former diplomat

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Following his education at the School of Political Science in Ankara University

Mekteb-i Mülkiye

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, he entered in 1942 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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. Between 1962–1983, Halefoğlu served as ambassador in Beirut

Beirut

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 (1962–1965), Kuwait City

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 (1964–1965), Moscow

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 (1965–1966, 1982–1983), Den Haag (1966–1970) and Bonn

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 (1972–1982).

After the general elections held in 1983

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, Turgut Özal

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 appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs from outside of the parliament. At the intermediate general elections of 1986, he was elected deputy of Ankara

Ankara

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 from the Motherland Party

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 (ANAP). He did not candidate at the 1987 general elections

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and ended his political career.