Hakan Fidan is a bureaucrat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye since 2023. Previously, he held the position of Director of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).

Early Life and Education

Hakan Seedling was born in 1968 in the Hamamönü neighborhood of Ankara. He received his education at the Armed Forces Communications School and the Army Forces Language School. During his service in the Turkish Armed Forces, while posted abroad in NATO, he completed his bachelor's degree studies in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Maryland University College.

After returning to Türkiye, he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University. In his master’s thesis, he studied the role of intelligence in foreign policy, and in his doctoral thesis, he conducted research on the use of information technologies in international verification processes.

Academic Career

Fidan has served as a faculty member in international relations at Hacettepe University and Bilkent University.

Public Offices

• From 2003 to 2007, he served as President of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA).
• From 2007 to 2010, he served as Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs at the Prime Ministry.
• He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• In 2009, he began serving as Assistant Director of the National Intelligence Organization.
• On 27 May 2010, he was appointed Director of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), a position he held until 2023.
• On 3 June 2023, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye.