Doraisamy Raja (born 3 June 1949) is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019.

[1][3][4] Raja was born in Chithathoor, in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, to a Dalit family.

On 21 July 2019, the National Council of the CPI elected him as the general secretary of the party.

[1] Raja took over as general secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) on 21 July 2019.

[14] Writing for the Indian Express regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he wrote that "If peace is to prevail in the world, NATO should be disbanded.