Alpaslan KAVAKLIOĞLU was born in Niğde in 1962. He completed his, secondary and high school education at Bor Şehit Nuri Pamir High School. He has Bachelor's degree from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science Department of Business Administration in 1985.

Beginning with a district governor nominee in Tunceli in 1986, he has served in governorships of Ankara/Şereflikoçhisar, Tokat/Artova, Gaziantep/Araban, Adıyaman/Besni, Denizli/Serinhisar, Kayseri/Yahyalı. He served as Deputy Governor in Erzincan in the 1992 earthquake and in Sakarya in the 1999 Marmara earthquake.

He has worked as Head of Department of Ministry of Interior and as a Legal Consultant between the years 2000-2002. He was Prime Ministry Türkiye Emergency Management Vice President in between the years 2003-2008. He has participated in long-term training programs in Japan on disaster management, regional development and restructuring, community development in Taiwan. He has served as the President of the Prime Ministry Security Affairs between the years 2008-2011. He is still serving as a 58th Period National Security Academy Director.

Then he was elected as a Member of Parliament of Niğde for 24th-25th-26th term in between the years 2011-2018.

Mr. KAVAKLIOĞLU is a member of Parliamentary Affairs Commission Member (spokesman), National Defense Commission Member (spokesman), 2 Term Parliamentary Security and Intelligence Committee Chairman, 2 Period Türkiye - Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group Head, Central Inter-Parliamentary Union of Turkish Group, which is centered in Geneva. He was serving as a Deputy Secretary General of the AK Party and Vice President of Local Governments. He is still a member of the Board of Directors of Turkish Parliamentarians Union and the chairman of the Board of Directors of ASFAT.

Mr. KAVAKLIOĞLU was appointed as Deputy Minister of National Defense by the Presidential Decree dated August 09, 2018 and numbered 2018/91. On June 22, 2023, he was reappointed to his position by Presidential Decree No. 2023/308. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors of ASELSAN since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting held on April 26, 2019. He has been serving as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Board of Directors Meeting held on June 30, 2021.