Anant Geete
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, Bombay State, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |
| Spouse | Ashwinee |
| Residence | Mumbai |
As of May, 2014 Source: | |
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.
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.