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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.
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
He was born in Tisangi, a village in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra.
Political career
= Positions held in public life
=See also
First Modi ministry
References
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[usurped]
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sushilkumar Shinde
- Arvind Sawant
- Anant Geete
- Raigad Lok Sabha constituency
- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
- Eknath Shinde
- Shiv Sena
- 2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra
- Manohar Joshi
- 2009 Indian general election in Maharashtra
- A. R. Antulay
- Harischandra Chavan
