# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-r-baalu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:08:15.119Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-r-baalu"
name: "T. R. Baalu"
slug: "t-r-baalu"
description: "Thalikkottai Rajuthevar 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."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Union_Minister_for_Shipping%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways%2C_Shri_T._R._Baalu_addressing_at_a_Conference_of_the_Ministers_in_charge_of_National_Highways_of_all_the_StatesUTs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-06-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.465932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.trbaalu.in"
sources:
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    title: "T. R. Baalu"
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    title: "टी.आर. बालू"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "த. ரா. பாலு"
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    title: "టీఆర్ బాలు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump