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.
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: | |
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.