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| | | constituency = [[Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghazipur]] | ||
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] | | office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] | ||
| | | predecessor = [[Manoj Sinha]] | ||
| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/827772/up-elections-mukhtar-ansari-is-back-in-the-bsp-will-contest-from-mau-sadar-constituency|title = UP elections: Mukhtar Ansari is back in the BSP, will contest from Mau Sadar constituency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/ghazipur-up-election-2019-ghazipur-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage-manoj-sinha-bjp-congress/415200|title=Ghazipur Election Results 2019: BSP's Afzal Ansari pips BJP's Manoj Sinha by earning over 5.6 lakh votes}}</ref> | | party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/827772/up-elections-mukhtar-ansari-is-back-in-the-bsp-will-contest-from-mau-sadar-constituency|title = UP elections: Mukhtar Ansari is back in the BSP, will contest from Mau Sadar constituency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/ghazipur-up-election-2019-ghazipur-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage-manoj-sinha-bjp-congress/415200|title=Ghazipur Election Results 2019: BSP's Afzal Ansari pips BJP's Manoj Sinha by earning over 5.6 lakh votes}}</ref> | ||
| spouse = Farhat Ansari | | spouse = Farhat Ansari | ||
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| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060621180804/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4170 | | source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060621180804/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4170 | ||
| | |termstart1 =2004 | ||
| | |termend1 =2009 | ||
| | | constituency1 = [[Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghazipur]] | ||
| | |predecessor1 = [[Manoj Sinha]] | ||
|successor1 = [[Radhe Mohan Singh]] | |||
|termstart =23 May 2019 | |||
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'''Afzal Ansari''' (born 14 August 1953) is an Indian politician of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) of India for [[Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghazipur constituency]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=g1>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/trends/statewiseS244.htm|publisher=eci.gov.in|title=General Election to Lok Sabha Trends & Result 2019|accessdate=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523180708/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/trends/statewiseS244.htm|archive-date=23 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{update after|2024}} He won the 2004 general [[Lok Sabha]] election on the [[Samajwadi Party]] ticket. | '''Afzal Ansari''' (born 14 August 1953) is an Indian politician of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) of India for [[Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghazipur constituency]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=g1>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/trends/statewiseS244.htm|publisher=eci.gov.in|title=General Election to Lok Sabha Trends & Result 2019|accessdate=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523180708/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/trends/statewiseS244.htm|archive-date=23 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{update after|2024}} He won the 2004 general [[Lok Sabha]] election on the [[Samajwadi Party]] ticket. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Afzal Ansari was born in [[Yusufpur]]–[[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur|Mohammadabad]] town in [[Ghazipur]] district, [[Uttar Pradesh]], where he received his school education. For higher studies, he enrolled in [[Post Graduate College, Ghazipur|the local post-graduate college]] and completed Post Graduation from the [[University of Gorakhpur]].<ref name=:14>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4170&lastls=14|publisher=loksabha.nic.in|title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> Ansari's father Subhanullah Ansari was the chairman of [[Nagar Palika Parishad]], Mohammadabad, and was elected unopposed. His grandfather [[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]] served as the president (1926–1927) of the [[All-India Muslim League]], as well as the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), and was one of the founders of the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi. Former [[Vice President of India]] [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] is Afzal Ansari's uncle. Ansari's elder brother is [[Sibagatullah Ansari]] is an ex-MLA, and his younger brother [[Mukhtar Ansari]] is politician. | Afzal Ansari was born in [[Yusufpur]]–[[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur|Mohammadabad]] town in [[Ghazipur]] district, [[Uttar Pradesh]], where he received his school education. For higher studies, he enrolled in [[Post Graduate College, Ghazipur|the local post-graduate college]] and completed Post Graduation from the [[University of Gorakhpur]].<ref name=:14>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4170&lastls=14|publisher=loksabha.nic.in|title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> Ansari's father Subhanullah Ansari was the chairman of [[Nagar Palika Parishad]], Mohammadabad, and was elected unopposed. His grandfather [[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]] served as the president (1926–1927) of the [[All-India Muslim League]], as well as the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), and was one of the founders of the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi. Former [[Vice President of India]] [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] is Afzal Ansari's uncle. Ansari's elder brother is [[Sibagatullah Ansari]] is an ex-MLA, and his younger brother [[Mukhtar Ansari]] is a politician. | ||
Former governor of [[Odisha]], former [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Bidar]] and career diplomat [[Shaukatullah Shah Ansari]] and the former [[Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]) [[Faridul Haq Ansari]], were forebears of Ansari.<ref name=:14/> | Former governor of [[Odisha]], former [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Bidar]] and career diplomat [[Shaukatullah Shah Ansari]] and the former [[Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]) [[Faridul Haq Ansari]], were forebears of Ansari.<ref name=:14/> | ||