Afzal Ansari (born 14 August 1953) [1] is an Indian politician[2] of the Samajwadi Party and currently an incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of Lok Sabha for Ghazipur constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

For higher studies, he enrolled in the local post-graduate college and completed Post Graduation from the University of Gorakhpur.

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,[citation needed] New Delhi.

[6] He contested Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 1985 for the first time and defeated Abhay Narayan Rai from Indian National Congress with a margin of 3,064 votes.

[15] After inaugurating a cricket tournament in 2005, MLA Krishnanand Rai's cavalcade was ambushed while he was returning home.