Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan
Fidan in March 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Director of the National Intelligence Organization
In office
9 March 2015 – 4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
Binali Yıldırım
Preceded byİsmail Hakkı Musa
Succeeded byİbrahim Kalın
In office
25 May 2010 – 10 February 2015
PresidentAbdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded byEmre Taner
Succeeded byİsmail Hakkı Musa
Personal details
Born (1968-07-17) 17 July 1968 (age 56)
Ankara, Turkey
SpouseNuran Fidan
Children3
OccupationIntelligence officer and diplomat

Hakan Fidan (born on 17 July 1968) is a Turkish politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since June 2023. He was previously the director of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) from March 2010 until June 2023.[1]

Fidan is seen as a possible successor to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the leader of the Justice and Development Party and the President of Turkey.[2]

  1. ^ Today's Zaman, 19 April 2010, Hakan Fidan becomes next head of Turkish intelligence Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Three figures stand out for AKP leadership in post-Erdoğan period, says journo". duvarenglish.com. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.