Thiru Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

Name of Member: Thiru Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

Political Party: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Constituency & State: Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu)

Lok Sabha Experience: 11,12,13,14,15

Fifteenth Lok Sabha

Members Bioprofile

Baalu, Thiru Thalikkottai Rajuthevar

Constituency :	Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu)
Party Name :	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
Email Address :	risingsun[AT]trbaalu[DOT]in

Father’s Name

Shri Raju Thevar

Date of Birth

15 Jun 1941

Place of Birth

Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu)

Marital Status

Married

Date of Marriage

19 Oct 1970

Spouse’s Name

Smt. T.R.B. Porkodi

No. of Sons

No.of Daughters

Educational
Qualifications

B.Sc., L.C.E.

Profession

Social Worker
Engineer, Industrialist

Permanent Address

28, United India Colony, First Cross Street,

Kodambakkam, Chennai – 600 024, Tamil Nadu

Tels. (044) 24804555, 28154747

Present Address

10, Raisina Road,

New Delhi – 110 001

Tels. (011) 23359111, 23321010

Positions Held

1957 onwards

Member, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.)

1982-93

Secretary, D.M.K., Madras District Unit

1986-92

Member, Rajya Sabha

Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Committee on Rules (Rajya Sabha)

1996	Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1996-98

Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas

Whip, DMK Party in Parliament

1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99

Member, Parliamentary Committee on Railways

Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

23 Oct. 2002-1 Dec. 2003

President, Conference of Parties (COP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

13 Oct.1999- 21 Dec. 2003

Union Cabinet Minister, Environment & Forests

2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)

22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009

Union Cabinet Minister, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways

Leader of the DMK Party in Parliament

Member, various Cabinet Committees including Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) etc. and Member, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee

2007-2008

Chairperson, Transport Ministers of SAARC countries

2009	Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)

May 2009 onwards

Leader, DMK Party in Parliament

29 Jun. 2009

Member, Business Advisory Committe

31 Aug. 2009 onwards

Chairman, Standing Committee on Railways

16 Sep. 2009

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance

7 Oct. 2009

Member, Committee on Ethics

19 Oct. 2009

Member, General Purposes Committee

4 Nov. 2009

Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment

22 Jan. 2010

Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management

9 June. 2013

Member, House Committee

Special Interests

Social service

Sports and Clubs

Cricket

Countries Visited

Widelly travelled

Other Information

(i) Participated in the naming ceremony of Very Large Crude Oil Carrier (VLCC) of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard Complex, South Korea in January, 2005; (ii) Assiduously campaigned for the early ratification of Kyoto Protocol in the capacity of President of Conference of Parties (COP), UNFCCC; (iii) Organised the 8th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in New Delhi from 23rd October to 1st November 2002, the Conference was represented by 80 countries at the level of Ministers of Environment, the Conference culminated in adoption of Delhi Declaration on Climate Change; (iv) Led the Indian delegation to World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26th to 30th August, 2002; after intensive deliberations, the Summit adopted a Political Declaration and Johannesburg Plan of Implementation for furthering the international action for promoting sustainable development; (v) Participated in several International Conferences/Seminars as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Minister of Environment and Forests and Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways; Chairperson, Transport Ministers of SAARC countries, 2007-2008

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