T. R. Baalu

T. R. Baalu
டி. ஆர். பாலு
Baalu at the launch of his book compiling his parliamentary speeches, "My Voice for the Voiceless!"
Treasurer of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
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) (1941-12-13) 13 December 1941 (age 82) (15/6/1941 in official records) Thalikottai, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party	DMK
Spouse	Renuka Devi Baalu ​ (m. 1970)​ Porkkodi TRB ​ (m. 1970)​
Children	5, including T. R. B. Rajaa[1]
Residence(s)	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Website	Official website
Source: [1]

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 five 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.