Recai Kutan

Recai Kutan
Kutan in 2009
Leader of the Felicity Party
In office 20 July 2001 – 11 May 2003
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Necmettin Erbakan
In office 8 April 2006 – 26 October 2008 Acting: 30 January 2006 – 26 October 2008
Preceded by	Necmettin Erbakan
Succeeded by	Numan Kurtulmuş
Leader of the Virtue Party
In office 17 December 1997 – 22 June 2001
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Party abolished
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997
Prime Minister	Necmettin Erbakan
Preceded by	Hüsnü Doğan
Succeeded by	Cumhur Ersümer
Minister of Construction and Settlement
In office 21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
Preceded by	Erol Tuncer
Succeeded by	Ahmet Karaaslan
Personal details
Born	(1930-04-05)5 April 1930 Darende, Turkey
Died	7 October 2024(2024-10-07) (aged 94) Ankara, Turkey

Mehmet Recai Kutan (5 April 1930 – 7 October 2024) was a Turkish politician who was the leader of the Felicity Party (SP).

Life and career

Kutan graduated from ITU obtaining a degree in civil engineering in 1952. Until 1973, he worked as an engineer in various projects including the GAP. His political career started 1973 in MSP and after 1983 he served in Welfare Party. He was minister of energy in 1996 in a coalition led by Refah Party.

At the 3rd party congress held on 26 October 2008 in Ankara, he did not run for re-election as the leader of the SP, and was succeeded by Numan Kurtulmuş in the post. He was a member of the İsmailağa, a Turkish sufistic community of the Naqshbandi tariqah.

Kutan died on 7 October 2024, at the age of 94. He was buried at Karşıyaka Cemetery in Ankara.

Sources

• Biography (in Turkish)

External links

• Media related to Recai Kutan at Wikimedia Commons