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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| image =Anant Geete in April 2017.jpg
| image               = Anant Geete in April 2017.jpg
| name = Anant Geete
| name               = Anant Geete
| native_name =
| native_name         =  
| caption =  
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1951|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Tisangi]]
| birth_place         = [[Tisangi]], [[Bombay State]], India
| residence = [[Mumbai]]
| residence           = [[Mumbai]]
| death_date =
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| death_place =
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| office             = [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Member of Shiv Sena's National Executive]]
| office = [[Shiv Sena|Member of Shiv Sena's National Executive]]  
| term_start         = January 23, 2018
| term_start = January 23, 2018
| term_end           = February 10, 2023
| term_end =
| office1             = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises]]
 
| primeminister1     = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]], [[Government of India]]
| term_start1         = 26 May 2014
| 1blankname1 = [[Cabinet Minister|Minister of]]
| term_end1           = 30 May 2019
| 1namedata1 = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]
| predecessor1       = [[Praful Patel]]
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor1         = [[Arvind Sawant]]
| term_start1 =26 May 2014
| office2            = [[Ministry of Power (India)|Minister of Power]]
| term_end1 =24 May 2019
| primeminister2      = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| predecessor1 = [[Praful Patel]]
| term_start2         = 26 August 2002
| successor1 = [[Arvind Sawant]]
| term_end2           = 22 May 2004
| primeminister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| predecessor2       = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| 1blankname2 = [[Cabinet Minister|Minister of]]
| successor2         = [[P. M. Sayeed]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Ministry of Power (India)|Ministry of Power]]
| office3             = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2 =26 August 2002
| term_start4         = 10 May 1996
| term_end2 = 21 May 2004
| term_end4           = 16 May 2009
| predecessor2 = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| predecessor4       = [[Govindrao Nikam]]
| successor2 = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| successor4         = ''Constituency abolished''
 
| constituency4       = [[Ratnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratnagiri]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]  
| term_start3         = 16 May 2009
| term_start4 =1996
| term_end3           = 23 May 2019
| term_end4 = 2009
| predecessor3       = ''Constituency created''
| predecessor4 = Govindrao Nikam
| successor3         = [[Sunil Tatkare]]
| successor4 = ''Constituency abolished''
| constituency3       = [[Raigad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raigad]]
| constituency4 = [[Ratnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratnagiri]]
| party               = [[Shiv Sena (UBT)|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]]
| term_start3 = 2009
| nationality         = {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian people|Indian]]
| term_end3 = 2019
| education           =  
| predecessor3 = ''Constituency created''
| religion           =  
| successor3 = [[Sunil Tatkare]]
| spouse             = Ashwinee
| constituency3 = [[Raigad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raigad]]
| children           =  
 
| website             =  
| party =[[Shiv Sena]]
| footnotes           =  
| nationality = Indian  
| date               = May|
| education =
| year               = 2014|
| religion =  
| source             = https://web.archive.org/web/20060620065543/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=136
| spouse = Ashwinee
| children =  
| website =  
| footnotes =  
| date = May |
| year = 2014 |  
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060620065543/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=136  
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'''Anant Gangaram Geete''' (born 2 June 1951) is an Indian politician and was the [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)|Union Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises]] during 2014 - 2019 in [[Narendra Modi]] cabinet. He is also a former [[Ministry of Power (India)|Union Cabinet Minister for Power]] (Aug 2002 to May 2004). He is a member of the [[Shiv Sena]] (SS) political party in Maharashtra, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/anant-geete.html|title= Political Career of Anant Geete
'''Anant Gangaram Geete''' (born 2 June 1951) is an Indian politician and was the [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)|Union Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises]] during 2014 - 2019 in [[Narendra Modi]] cabinet. He is also a former [[Ministry of Power (India)|Union Cabinet Minister for Power]] (Aug 2002 to May 2004). He is a member of the [[Shiv Sena (UBT)|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] political party in Maharashtra, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/anant-geete.html|title= Political Career of Anant Geete
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==Political career==
==Political career==


===Positions held in Public life===
===Positions held in public life===
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| 1998–99 || Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-III. <br />
| 1998–99 || Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-III. <br />
Member Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resouirce Development
Member Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
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| 1999 || Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term). <br />
| 1999 || Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term). <br />
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| 28 May 2014 || Union Cabinet Minister, Heavy Industries & Public Sector Enterprises
| 28 May 2014 || Union Cabinet Minister, Heavy Industries & Public Sector Enterprises
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| 2018 || Appointed as Leader of [[Shiv Sena]] Party<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/aditya-thackeray-appointed-as-shiv-sena-leader-manohar-joshi-sudhi-joshi-remain-same-1620595/|title= एकनाथ शिंदे, आनंदराव अडसूळ, अनंत गीते, चंद्रकांत खैरे, आदित्य ठाकरे यांची सेनेच्या नेतेपदी वर्णी}}</ref>
| 2018 || Appointed Leader of [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]] Party<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/aditya-thackeray-appointed-as-shiv-sena-leader-manohar-joshi-sudhi-joshi-remain-same-1620595/|title= एकनाथ शिंदे, आनंदराव अडसूळ, अनंत गीते, चंद्रकांत खैरे, आदित्य ठाकरे यांची सेनेच्या नेतेपदी वर्णी}}</ref>


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* [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th LOK SABHA)]
* [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th LOK SABHA)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060620065543/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=136 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060620065543/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=136 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
* [http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5597637605435053611&SectionId=4924098573178130559&SectionName=Latest%20News&NewsDate=20140228&NewsTitle=Shiv%20Sena%20releases%20first%20list%20of%20candidates Shiv Sena releases first list of candidates – Sakaal Times]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140316141939/http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5597637605435053611&SectionId=4924098573178130559&SectionName=Latest%20News&NewsDate=20140228&NewsTitle=Shiv%20Sena%20releases%20first%20list%20of%20candidates Shiv Sena releases first list of candidates – Sakaal Times]}}


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Latest revision as of 19:13, 25 December 2025


Anant Geete
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 MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPraful Patel
Succeeded byArvind Sawant
Minister of Power
In office
26 August 2002 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byP. M. Sayeed
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded bySunil Tatkare
ConstituencyRaigad
In office
10 May 1996 – 16 May 2009
Preceded byGovindrao Nikam
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyRatnagiri
Personal details
Born (1951-06-02) 2 June 1951 (age 75)
Tisangi, Bombay State, India
NationalityIndia Indian
Political partyShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
Spouse(s)Ashwinee
ResidenceMumbai
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.

Early life[edit | edit source]

He was born in Tisangi, a village in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra.

Political career[edit | edit source]

Positions held in public life[edit | edit source]

1985–92 Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Mumbai
1990–92 Chairman, Standing Committee on Municipal 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 Resource 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 & Public 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
2018 Appointed Leader of Shiv Sena Party[2]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Political Career of Anant Geete".
  2. ↑ "एकनाथ शिंदे, आनंदराव अडसूळ, अनंत गीते, चंद्रकांत खैरे, आदित्य ठाकरे यांची सेनेच्या नेतेपदी वर्णी".

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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
Himself 		Leader of the Shiv Sena in the Lok Sabha
2014–2023 		Succeeded by
Rahul Shewale
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