Durai Vaiko

Durai Vaiko (born 2 April 1972) is an Indian politician of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (MDMK). He was appointed as the MDMK principal secretary of the party, and leads internet campaigns for MDMK.^[1][2] His political career began when his father contested the Lok Sabha election from Virudhunagar constituency in 2014.^[3]

Durai Vaiko
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Su. Thirunavukkarasar
Constituency	Tiruchirappalli
Principal Secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Vaiko
Personal details
Born	Durai Vaiyapuri (1972-04-02) 2 April 1972 (age 53) India
Political party	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Geetha
Children	2
Parent(s)	Vaiko, Renugadevi Ammal
Education	MBA
Occupation	Social activist, Politician
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In June 2024, he was elected as Member of the Lok Sabha from Tiruchirappalli constituency.^[4][5]

Personal life

Durai Vaiko is the son of Vaiko, founder of MDMK. He graduated with an MBA. He married Geetha on 29 November 1998.^[6]

Philanthropy

In 2021, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Durai Vaiko set up COVID information centres in Ezhayirampannai, Alankulam, Sathirpati, Padandhal and Sattur in Virudhunagar District.^[7]