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Mehmet Fatih Kacır was born in Istanbul in 1984. He completed his secondary and high school education at Istanbul Boys' High School. In 2003, he ranked 12th in Türkiye in university entrance exams. He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Industrial Engineering with Honours in 2008. During his university education, he worked as a student representative. He pioneered interdisciplinary research and project management trainings. After graduating from university, he chose to become an entrepreneur. In the companies he founded and managed, he developed utility models and industrial designs and signed innovative applications.
In addition to entrepreneurship, he also took an active role in non-governmental organisations. Kacır, who served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Technology Team Foundation of Türkiye (T3 Foundation) until 2018, was among the pioneers of the establishment of DENEYAP Technology Workshops, the Technology Stars of the Future Programme for gifted students, the Science Centre and Enterprise Centre programmes, and TEKNOFEST, the world's largest Aviation, Space and Technology Festival. In 2018, he became a member of TÜBİTAK Science Board. Between 2019 and 2023, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of ASELSAN.
On 31 July 2018, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology by Presidential Decree. Kacır, who was responsible for the National Technology Move and strategic transformation policies in the Ministry, coordinated the work of the General Directorate of National Technology, General Directorate of Strategic Research and Productivity, TÜBİTAK, Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, Turkish Academy of Sciences and Turkish Space Agency.
As Deputy Minister, he served as the Chairman of TEKNOFEST Executive Board, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the DENEYAP Türkiye project carried out in 81 provinces, Chairman of the Technology-Oriented Industrial Move Programme Committee, which is the R&D and Investment Incentive Programme for high-tech products and innovative technologies, Chairman of the Research Infrastructures Monitoring and Competence Evaluation Committee, and Chairman of the National Technology Entrepreneurship Council. He pioneered the establishment of Türkiye Open Source Platform and 42 Software Schools, a new generation education model. He worked on the creation and realisation of Türkiye's Automobile Togg technology roadmap.
2023 Industry and Technology Strategy, National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, National Space Programme, National Technology Entrepreneurship Strategy, Mobility Technologies and Smart Life and Health Technologies Roadmap. Within the scope of the strategies, he carried out the implementation of action plans and the restructuring of the ministry.
On 3 June 2023, he was appointed Minister of Industry and Technology by Presidential Decree.. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Türkiye Technology Team Foundation. He is married and has 2 children,.He is fluent in English and German.