Anant Gangaram Geete

Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Anant Gangaram Geete (born June 2, 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 has been elected six times to the Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), he defeated Sunil Tatkare of the NCP, who is also the Irrigation Minister for Maharashtra state, by a margin of approximately 2,110 votes, to win from the Raigad constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2009 General elections (15th Lok Sabha), he defeated the then sitting MP and former Cabinet Minister A.R.Antulay, by a huge margin of approximately 1,45,000 votes, to win from the Raigad constituency 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. Mr. Geete is an excellent orator and speaks effectively both in and outside the Parliament.