Vaiko

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Vaiko
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 July 2019
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
In office 3 April 1978 – 2 April 1996
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 19 March 1998 – 17 May 2004
Preceded by	V. Alagirisamy
Succeeded by	A. Ravichandran
Constituency	Sivakasi
General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 1994
Preceded by	Position 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)
Spouse	Renukadevi
Children	Durai Vaiyapuri, Rajalakshmi, Kannagi
Residence(s)	Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Presidency College, Chennai, Madras Law College
Occupation	Politician

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.