Anant Geete

Anant Geete
अनंत गिते
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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	Late Smt. Ashwinee Geete
Residence	Mumbai
As of May, 2014 Source: [1]

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

• Narendra Modi ministry

External links

• Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th LOK SABHA)
• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
• Shiv Sena releases first list of candidates – Sakaal Times