Saidai Samiyappan Duraisamy (born 16 February 1952) is an Indian politician who has already served as a 48th Mayor of the Corporation of Chennai.

He is also the founder and chairman of Manidhaneyam IAS academy, a free coaching academy for the aspirants of the Civil Services Examination, in Tamil Nadu.

[1] Duraisamy was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1984 from Saidapet.

[citation needed] He contested the 2011 assembly elections as a candidate for the AIADMK from the Kolathur constituency, which he lost.

[2] He contested the mayoral election of Chennai corporation, and became the first AIADMK mayor of the city, in October 2011, winning the election by a margin of over 5.19 lakh votes.