Abdul Ghafoor: (Urdu: عبد الغفور; 5 May 1959 – 28 January 2020) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of Minority Welfare in government of Bihar from 20 November 2015 to 26 July 2017.

Being associated with the village, he was involved in the main issues and personally felt the basic needs of the poor people and the minority community.

He won convincingly in 2000 from an RJD ticket by a huge margin of approximately 20,000 votes defeating Surendra Yadav, an independent candidate.

Accepting the party decision he contested from Saharsa in Oct 2005 election and lost to BJP's Sanjiv Jha by approximately 6000 votes.

He worked hard and connected to the masses in the villages of his native assembly Mahishi and was determined to bounce back into the Bihar politics.

Ghafoor once again contesting from the Mahishi seat defeated the nearest rival Chandan Kumar Sah by a comprehensive margin on 26,135 votes.

[4] He was in charge of the ministry until the resignation of Mr Nitish Kumar on 26 July 2017 following his breakaway from Mahagathbandhan and subsequent merger with NDA.

CM Nitish Kumar condoled the demise or one of the finest leader of Bihar and announced that Ghafoor would be buried with full State Honors.

He was honored with gun salute and buried at the ancestral quabristan in presence of the family members, DM, SP, politicians from across party line for State Funeral on 29 January 2020.