Mehmet Recai Kutan

Recai Kutan
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey
In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	Hüsnü Doğan
Succeeded by	Cumhur Ersümer
Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Turkey
In office 21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
Preceded by	Erol Tuncer
Succeeded by	Ahmet Karaaslan
Personal details
Born	1930 Malatya, Turkey

Mehmet Recai Kutan (born 1930, Malatya) is a Turkish politician and the former leader of Felicity Party (SP).

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. He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of the Naqshbandi tariqah.

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