Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union 24 May 2016. With formal accession talks between Turkey and the European Union beginning in the years 2004 and 2005, the role of Chief Negotiator was established to represent the Turkish delegation during the membership negotiations. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed Ali Babacan as the first Chief Negotiator on 17 January 2005, while the then-Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül became the president of the Turkish delegation. When the Ministry of European Union Affairs was established on 29 June 2011 before Erdoğan formed his third and final government, the Minister responsible for the new department began serving concurrently as the Chief
L. B. G. Rao As of 1979 he served as the secretary of the State Agricultural Labourers Union. He also served as president of the All India Agricultural Workers Union. L.B.G. Rao stood as the CPI(M) candidate for the Tenali seat in the 1980 Indian general election. He finished in second place, with 144,457 votes (32.70%). In 1989 he was included in the Polit Bureau of the party. Due to old age, he retired from the Polit Bureau in 1998. L. B. G. Rao Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician. He served as the Secretary of