Anant Geete

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Anant Geete
Ratnagiri
Personal details
Born (1951-06-02) 2 June 1951 (age 72)
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
SpouseAshwinee
ResidenceMumbai
As of May, 2014
Source: [1]

Anant Gangaram Geete (born 2 June 1951) is an Indian politician and was the

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) political party in Maharashtra, India.[1]

He was elected six times to the Lok Sabha. In 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

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 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 & 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 as Leader of Shiv Sena Party[2]

See also

References

  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 Member of Parliament
for
Ratnagiri

1996 – 2009
Succeeded by
Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg
Preceded by
Kolaba
Member of Parliament
for
Raigad

2009 – Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Power
26 August 2002 – 21 May 2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by
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