Recai Kutan

Recai Kutan
Recai Kutan
Leader of the Virtue Party
	In office; 17 December 1997 – 22 June 2001
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Party banned
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey
	In office; 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Cumhur Ersümer
Minister of Construction and Settlement
	In office; 21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	1930; Malatya, Turkey

Mehmet Recai Kutan (born 1930, Malatya) is a Turkish politician and the former leader of Felicity Party (SP). He speaks fluent English, Arabic and French. He is married and has 3 children.

Biography[]

Kutan graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering in 1952. Until 1973, he worked as an engineer in various projects including the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). His political career started 1973 in National Salvation Party and after 1983 he served in Welfare Party. He was Minister of Energy in 1996 in a coalition led by Welfare Party.

At the 3rd party congress held on 26 October 2008 in Ankara, he did not run for his re-election as the leader of the Felicity Party, and was succeeded by Numan Kurtulmuş.^[1] He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of the Naqshbandi tariqah.^[2]

Footnotes[]

^ "Saadet Partisi Genel Başkanlığına, Numan Kurtulmuş seçildi" (in Turkish). Nethaber. 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
^ Radikal: "Nakşibendi şeyhi öldü - Nakşibendi tarikatının ünlü kollarından İskender Paşa cemaatinin şeyhi Coşan, Avustralya'da trafik kazasında yaşamını yitirdi. Aynı kazada ölen Uyarel, şeyhin olası haleflerinden sayılıyordu" 5 Şubat 2001

References[]

Biography (in Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by	1977–1978	Succeeded by
Preceded by	1996–1997	Succeeded by Cumhur Ersümer
Party political offices
Preceded by	Leader of the Virtue Party (FP) 1998–2001	Succeeded by banned
Preceded by newly founded	Leader of the Felicity Party (SP) 20 July 2001–11 May 2003	Succeeded by Necmettin Erbakan
Preceded by Necmettin Erbakan	Leader of the Felicity Party (SP) 9 April 2006–26 October 2008	Succeeded by Numan Kurtulmuş

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[1] "Saadet Partisi Genel Başkanlığına, Numan Kurtulmuş seçildi" (in Turkish). Nethaber. 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-10-28.

[2] Radikal: "Nakşibendi şeyhi öldü - Nakşibendi tarikatının ünlü kollarından İskender Paşa cemaatinin şeyhi Coşan, Avustralya'da trafik kazasında yaşamını yitirdi. Aynı kazada ölen Uyarel, şeyhin olası haleflerinden sayılıyordu" 5 Şubat 2001

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Recai Kutan


Leader of the Virtue Party
In office 17 December 1997 – 22 June 2001
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Party banned
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey
In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Cumhur Ersümer
Minister of Construction and Settlement
In office 21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Personal details
Born	1930 Malatya, Turkey