Vaiko

Vaiko
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
25 July 2019
ConstituencyTamil Nadu
In office
3 April 1978 – 2 April 1996
ConstituencyTamil Nadu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
19 March 1998 – 17 May 2004
Preceded byV. Alagirisamy
Succeeded byA. Ravichandran
ConstituencySivakasi
General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Assumed office
6 May 1994
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy

(1944-05-22) 22 May 1944 (age 80)
Kalingapatty, Madras Province, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1994)
Other political
affiliations
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1964-1993)
SpouseRenukadevi
ChildrenDurai Vaiyapuri, Rajalakshmi, Kannagi
Residence(s)Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Presidency College, Chennai, Madras Law College
OccupationPolitician

Vaiko, birth name Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy (born 22 May 1944), is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from Tamil Nadu.[1] He is the founder and General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), a political party active mainly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.

  1. ^ "Vaiko, Anbumani elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu". The Economic Times. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.