Anant Geete

Anant Geete
अनंत गिते
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Assumed office
May 26, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Praful Patel
Minister of Power
In office
26 August 2002 – 21 May 2004
Preceded by Suresh Prabhu
Succeeded by Sushilkumar Shinde
Member of Parliament
In office
1996–2009
Preceded by Govindrao Nikam
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Ratnagiri
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
2009
Preceded by Constituency created
Constituency Raigad
Personal details
Born (1951-06-02) 2 June 1951
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Nationality Indian
Political party Shiv Sena
Spouse(s) Late Smt. Ashwinee Geete
Residence Mumbai
As of May, 2014
Source:

Anant Gangaram Geete (Marathi: अनंत गंगाराम गीते) (born 2 June 1951 in Tisangi, a village in Ratnagiri District) is an Indian politician and a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party in Maharashtra, India. He is a member of parliament of India (16th Lok Sabha) and currently represents the Raigad constituency in Maharashtra. He is currently the Union Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises. He is also a former Union Cabinet Minister for Power (Aug 2002 to May 2004).

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. He has earlier represented the Ratnagiri constituency in Maharashtra for four terms from 11th Lok Sabha to 14th Lok Sabha.

On 17 May 2014, Mr. Geete was formally elected as the leader of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party, taking into consideration his seniority in the Loksabha and past experience as an MP and a Union Minister.

Early life

He was born in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.

Political career

Positions held in Public life

1985–92 Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Mumbai
1990–92 Chairman, Standing Committee on Mumnicipal 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
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 & Publlic 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

See also

References

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    Lok Sabha
    Preceded by
    Govindrao Nikam    		 Member of Parliament
    for Ratnagiri
    1996 – 2009     		Succeeded by
    Nilesh Rane
    Constituency merged with Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg
    Preceded by
    A. R. Antulay
    Constituency created from Kolaba    		 Member of Parliament
    for Raigad
    2009 – Present     		Succeeded by
    Incumbent
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Suresh Prabhu    		 Minister of Power
    26 August 2002 – 21 May 2004     		Succeeded by
    Sushilkumar Shinde
    Preceded by
    Praful Patel    		 Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
    26 May 2014 – Present     		Succeeded by
    Incumbent
    Party political offices
    Preceded by
    Anant Geete    		 Leader of the Shiv Sena in the Lok Sabha
    2014–present     		Incumbent
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