Anant Geete | |
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| Member of Shiv Sena's National Executive | |
| In office January 23, 2018 – February 10, 2023 | |
| Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Praful Patel |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Sawant |
| Minister of Power | |
| In office 26 August 2002 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Suresh Prabhu |
| Succeeded by | P. M. Sayeed |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Sunil Tatkare |
| Constituency | Raigad |
| In office 1996–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Govindrao Nikam |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Ratnagiri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1951 Tisangi |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Political party | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |
| Spouse | Ashwinee |
| Residence | Mumbai |
As of May, 2014 Source: [1] | |
Anant Gangaram Geete (born 2 June 1951) is an Indian politician and was the Union Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises during 2014 - 2019 in Narendra Modi cabinet. He is also a former Union Cabinet Minister for Power (Aug 2002 to May 2004). He is a member of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) political party in Maharashtra, India.[1]
He was elected six times to the Lok Sabha. In the 2009 general election, he defeated the then sitting MP and former Cabinet Minister A.R.Antulay, by a margin of 145,000 votes to win from the Raigad, Maharashtra. In the 2014 general election, he held his seat in Raigad by a margin of 2,110 votes over nearest rival, Sunil Tatkare who was then the Minister for Water Resources in Maharashtra but lost it in 2019 by a margin of 31,740 votes. He has earlier represented the Ratnagiri constituency in Maharashtra for four terms from 11th Lok Sabha to 14th Lok Sabha.
Early life[edit]
He was born in Tisangi, a village in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra.
Political career[edit]
Positions held in public life[edit]
| 1985–92 | Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Mumbai |
| 1990–92 | Chairman, Standing Committee on Municipal Corporation Mumbai |
| 1996 | Elected to 11th Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri (1st term). Chief Whip, Shiv Sena Parliamentary party |
| 1996–98 | Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development |
| 1998 | Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
| 1998–99 | Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-III. Member Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resouirce Development |
| 1999 | Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term). Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party |
| 1999–2000 | Chairman, Committee on Urban and Rural Development. Member, Business Advisory Committee. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Railway Convention Committee. |
| 1999–2001 | Member, Committee on Estimates |
| 2000–2002 | Member, Consultative Committee. Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Jul–Aug 2002 | Union Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, Banking and Expenditure |
| Aug 2002 – May 2004 | Union Cabinet Minister, Power |
| 2004 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term) Member, General Purposes Committee. Chairman, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Aug 2007 onwards | Chairman, Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers |
| 2009 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term) Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
| 23 Sep 2009 | Chairman, Committee on Petitions Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution. Member, Business Advisory Committee |
| Member, Konkan Railway Users' Consultative Committee | |
| 2014 | Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term) |
| 28 May 2014 | Union Cabinet Minister, Heavy Industries & Public Sector Enterprises |
| 2018 | Appointed as Leader of Shiv Sena Party[2] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th LOK SABHA)
- Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
- Shiv Sena releases first list of candidates – Sakaal Times
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