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 | Tisangi | 2 June 1951
Nationality | ![]() |
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.