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
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
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)
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) is a secular, nationalist Indian political party formed in 2022 under the leadership of Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray. It was allotted a new symbol by the Election Commission, se ...
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
Sunil Tatkare is an Indian Politician currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Raigad. He was formerly served as the Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra from Shrivardhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as Minister of Wa ...
who was then the Minister for Water Resources in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
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
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to
14th Lok Sabha
The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...
.
Early life
He was born in Tisangi, a village in
Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ; ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for ...
District, Maharashtra.
Political career
Positions held in Public life
See also
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First Modi ministry
The First Ministry of Narendra Modi is the Council of Ministers headed by Narendra Modi that was formed after the 2014 general election which was held in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May in 2014. The results of the election were announced o ...
References
External links
Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th LOK SABHA)Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India websiteShiv Sena releases first list of candidates – Sakaal Times
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1951 births
Living people
Shiv Sena politicians
India MPs 1996–1997
India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
India MPs 2004–2009
India MPs 2009–2014
India MPs 2014–2019
Marathi politicians
Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra
Union Ministers from Maharashtra
Narendra Modi ministry
People from Ratnagiri
Ministers of Power of India
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