Ahmed Abdel Ghafur Al-Samurai

Ahmed Abdul-Ghafur (; 1955 – 24 February 2024) was an Iraqi jurist, Islamic scholar, and politician. He served as head of the Sunni Endowment Office from 2005 to 2013.

Born in Samarra in 1955, Abdul-Ghafur studied Islamic law in Baghdad and earned advanced degrees in Islamic history, culminating in a Ph.D. in 2003 from the Institute of Arab History and Scientific Heritage. He became known for his sermons, particularly at the Imam Al-Ghazali Mosque in Samarra and later at the Umm Al-Qura Mosque in Baghdad.

Her survived multiple threats to his life, including a suicide bombing attempt, which he publicly attributed to al-Qaeda.

Abdul-Ghafur died in Amman on 24 February 2024 after suffering from terminal illness.