Anant Geete

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]

Anant Geete
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	(1951-06-02) 2 June 1951 (age 74) Tisangi, Bombay State, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
Spouse	Ashwinee
Residence	Mumbai
As of May, 2014 Source:

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

He was born in Tisangi, a village in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra.

Political career

Positions held in public life

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 Resource 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 Member, Committee on Petitions
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 Leader of Shiv Sena Party[2]

See also

• First Modi ministry