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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2011}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Abdul Bari Siddiqui
| caption =
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1953|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Darbhanga district|Alinagar]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| residence = Rupaspur, Alinagar, Darbhanga
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Principal General Secretary of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| president = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| term_start = 2020
| term_end =
| office1 = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Alinagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alinagar]]
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2020
| office2 = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Bahera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bahera]]
| term_start2 = 1995
| term_end2 = 2010
| office3 = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency3 = [[Bahera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bahera]]
| term_start3 = 1977
| term_end3 = 1979
| office4 = Cabinet Minister of [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start4 = 1995
| term_end4 = 2005
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] and [[Rabri Devi]]
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =

| office5 = Finance Minister of [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start5 = 20 November 2015
| term_end5 = 27 July 2017
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 = [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| office6 = Leader of the Opposition<br/>[[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start6 = December 2010
| term_end6 = June 2013
| predecessor6 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| successor6 = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]

| party = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| spouse =
| children =
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'''Abdul Bari Siddiqui''' is an Indian politician who was the [[List of Finance Ministers of Bihar|Finance Minister of Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csd.bih.nic.in/Upload/Circulars/5812015.pdf|title=मंत्रिमंडल सचिवालय विभाग |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110518/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Upload/Circulars/5812015.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|website=csd.bih.nic.in|access-date=5 January 2021 |language=hi}}</ref> He was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing Alinagar, [[Darbhanga district|Darbhanga]], [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mpmla.in/mla.php?stcode=S04&pcno=15&acno=246 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050020/http://www.mpmla.in/mla.php?stcode=S04&pcno=15&acno=246 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Siddiqui is a member of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] political party. He won in the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=2925|title=Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD):Constituency- Alinagar (Darbhanga) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}}</ref> In 2019 Loksabha elections he contested from Darbhanga and lost to Gopal Jee Thakur of BJP.

Previously, Siddiqui was the [[Leader of Opposition]] following the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] until the split between [[JD(U)]] and [[BJP]] led the latter to leave the government and become the official opposition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Siddiqui is Leader of Opposition |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Siddiqui-is-Leader-of-Opposition/article15579702.ece |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=4 December 2010 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaleel |first1=Muzamil |title=People are saying Modiji is a factor in Owaisi's coming here: RJD's Abdul Bari Siddiqui |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/people-are-saying-that-modiji-is-a-factor-in-owaisis-coming-here-abdul-bari-siddiqui/ |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 October 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

Siddiqui was elected the chairman of the [[Bihar Cricket Association]] in September, 2015 defeating former association president Vinod Kumar. He is also the head of the Bihar Badminton Association. He is known to be a close associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav. When asked in 2009, to contest the Madhubani Parliamentary Elections, he filed his nomination and unsuccessfully contested, losing by the margin of 10k votes, which led to trailingredients of Dr. Shakeel Ahmed to 3rd position. He again contested 2014 Madhubani Loksabha elections unsuccessfully losing to veteran BJP leader [[Hukumdev Narayan Yadav]] by a margin of 15k votes. He is 7th time MLA. Previously he used to contest from Bahera. After delimination of that constituency, he contested from Alinagar.

Abdul Bari Siddiqui representing JP defeated Harinath Mishra of Congress in 1977 from Bahera, which was the first time he became an MLA.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Abdul Bari Siddiqui elected Bihar Cricket Association President |url=https://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/abdul-bari-siddiqui-elected-bihar-cricket-association-president_1801238.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Zee News |date=23 September 2015 |language=en}}</ref> Siddiqui has won 7 times as a [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly]].

His son, Anis Bari pursued MBA from [[Asian Institute of Management]], Manila.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doing fine, miles away from politics - Wards of state politicians make a mark away from papas' field|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/doing-fine-miles-away-from-politics-wards-of-state-politicians-make-a-mark-away-from-papas-field/cid/350325|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=3 December 2012 |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> He is an entrepreneur and runs a start-up based in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Old warhorse in Bihar takes new-age crowdfunding route field|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/old-warhorse-in-bihar-takes-new-age-crowdfunding-route/cid/1688862?ref=india-related-story-3|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=16 April 2019 |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Darbhanga district]]
[[Category:Finance Ministers of Bihar]]
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