T. R. Baalu | |
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| டி. ஆர். பாலு | |
 Baalu at the launch of his book compiling his parliamentary speeches, "My Voice for the Voiceless!" | |
| Treasurer of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2020 | |
| President | Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin |
| Gen. Secretary | Durai Murugan |
| Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Constituency | Chennai South |
| Minister of Environment and Forests | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Constituency | Chennai South |
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Non-Conventional Energy Sources | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Prime Minister | H.D. Deve Gowda I.K. Gujral |
| Leader of DMK Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | K.N. Ramachandran |
| Constituency | Sriperumbudur |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | A. Krishnaswamy |
| Succeeded by | K.N. Ramachandran |
| Constituency | Sriperumbudur |
| In office 1996–2009 | |
| Preceded by | R. Sridharan |
| Succeeded by | C. Rajendran |
| Constituency | Chennai South |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1986–1992 | |
| Constituency | Tamil Nadu |
| Principal Secretary of DMK | |
| In office August 2018-January 2020 | |
| President | MK Stalin |
| Gen. Secretary | Perasiriyar K Anbazhagan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | T R Balasubramaniam (Ilamurugu Rasuthevar) 13 December 1941 (15/6/1941 in official records) Thalikottai, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Political party | DMK |
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| Children | 5, including T. R. B. Rajaa[1] |
| Residence(s) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | Official website |
| Source: [1] | |
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Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu, better known as T. R. Baalu (called Baalu), is an Indian politician. He is currently the MP of Lok Sabha of the Sriperumbudur constituency, elected seven times since 1996 from Chennai South and Sriperumbudur. He is a leader of the DMK party and is known for his political loyalty, having been in the party since 1957. He is now the Treasurer of DMK, elected unopposed on 3 September 2020. He earlier served as the Principal Secretary of the DMK Party from August 2018 to January 2020.