D. Raja

Doraisamy Raja
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 July 2019 (2019-07-21)
Preceded bySuravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
25 July 2007 (2007-07-25) – 24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)
ConstituencyTamil Nadu
Personal details
Born (1949-06-03) 3 June 1949 (age 75)
Chithathoor, Vellore District, Madras State, Dominion of India
(present day Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyCommunist Party of India
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​
ChildrenAparajitha Raja
Parents
  • P. Doraisamy
  • Nayagam
Education
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician

Doraisamy Raja (born 3 June 1949) is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019. He was former member of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.[1][2] He was the national secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1994 to 2019.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Detailed Profile: Shri D. Raja". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "D. Raja". prsindia.org.
  3. ^ "Tamil Nadu News : Doraisamy Raja, CPI candidate for RS polls". The Hindu. 24 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. ^ "CPI re-nominates D. Raja for Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 16 June 2013.