Thalikottai Rajuthevar Baalu was born on June 15, 1941 in Thalikottai, Thiruvarur District in Tamil Nadu. He is the cabinet minister in Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. T.R.Baalu did his BSc from New College in Madras University and engineering from Central polytechnic Chennai. He is a member of Lok Sabha of India from Chennai South constituency of Tamil Nadu and has elected 4 times since 1996. He is an important leader of the DMK party and is known for political loyalty having been in the party since 1957. He is an industrialist with an engineering background in addition to being a political and social worker.
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