{{Short description|Indian businessman and politician (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Durai Vaiko | image = Durai Vaiko.png | birth_name = Durai Vaiyapuri | caption = | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start = 4 June 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = Su. Thirunavukkarasar | constituency = Tiruchirappalli | office2 = Principal Secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | term_start2 = 20 October 2021 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Vaiko | office3 = Leader of MDMK Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha | term_start3 = 4 June 2024 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = A. Ganeshamurthy | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|4|2}} | birth_place = India | education = MBA | occupation = Social activist, Politician | party = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | website = | parents = Vaiko, Renugadevi Ammal | spouse = Geetha | children = 2 |source=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5828?from=members }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/GETNLS2014/Star%20Campaigners.pdf|website=Elections.tn.gov|publisher=Election commission of India|title=List of Campaigners|access-date=6 August 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235056/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/GETNLS2014/Star%20Campaigners.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=16th LokSabha- Election Campaign|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/StarCampaigner/MDMK_Tamilnadu.pdf|website=Election commission of India|publisher=MDMK}}</ref> His political career began when his father contested the Lok Sabha election from Virudhunagar constituency in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaiko's son rides into political limelight with bike rally|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Vaikos-son-rides-into-political-limelight-with-bike-rally/articleshow/34015945.cms?|access-date=6 August 2015|agency=Times of India}}</ref>
In June 2024, he was elected as Member of the Lok Sabha from Tiruchirappalli constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/Jun/05/outsider-durai-vaiko-seals-victorywith-over-50-per-cent-of-votes-in-tiruchy|title=‘Outsider’ Durai Vaiko seals victory with over 50 per cent of votes in Tiruchy|first=D. Vincent|last=Arockiaraj|date=5 June 2024|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas2">{{cite news|title=Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13|accessdate=25 March 2025|publisher=India Today|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325141549/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13|archivedate=25 March 2025|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Durai Vaiko is the son of Vaiko, founder of MDMK. He graduated with an MBA. He married Geetha on 29 November 1998.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shooting from the lip|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Shooting-from-the-lip/articleshow/17266904.cms|access-date=6 August 2015|agency=Times of India}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/tamilnadu/vaikos-son-durai-vaiyapuri-helped-a-covid-symptomsman-by-admitting-govt-hospital|title=சாத்தூர்: மூச்சுத்திணறல்; கொரோனா அறிகுறி! - முதியவரை தானே மருத்துவமனைக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்ற துரை வைகோ|date=17 May 2021 |agency=Vikatan, Tamil}}</ref>
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