Syed Zafar Islam

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Syed Zafar Islam
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
4 September 2020
Preceded byAmar Singh
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party
Assumed office
2014
Personal details
BornHazaribagh, Jharkhand, India [1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Shiba Kamal
Children2
ResidenceMumbai, New Delhi
Alma materDelhi University (PhD),
IIM Ahmedabad (MBA),
Aligarh Muslim University,
Ranchi University[2]
OccupationInvestment Banker, politician

Syed Zafar Islam is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.[3] He is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] Islam is a former investment banker and the former Managing director at Deutsche Bank.[5] He is regarded as one of the prominent Muslim leaders of the party.[6]

He was appointed as a non-official independent director of Air India in 2017 for three years.

Political career[edit]

Entry into politics[edit]

Syed Zafar Islam was influenced by Narendra Modi's politics and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 5 April 2014 after resigning as director of Deutsche Bank, India .[7] He was made the National Spokesperson of the party. In 2017, he was appointed as a non-official independent director of Air India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.[8] A close friend of Jyotiraditya Scindia, Zafar is believed to have help Scindia shift to the BJP from the congress in 2020 and topple the elected Madhya Pradesh Congress government of Kamal Nath.[9] He also writes opinion pieces on politics and economic affairs in several national newspapers.

Member of Parliament[edit]

In the 2020 by-polls, he was elected unopposed to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "[1]".
  2. "Shri Syed Zafar Islam| National Portal of India".
  3. "BJP's Syed Zafar Alam elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". Indian Express.
  4. "BJP Spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam Party's Rajya Sabha Poll Candidate from UP". News18.
  5. "SYED ZAFAR ISLAM Profile". Indian Express.
  6. "Zafar Islam, who helped bring Scindia to BJP, given RS ticket".
  7. न्यूज़, एबीपी (27 August 2020). "जानिए कौन हैं सैयद जफर इस्लाम, जिन्हें यूपी से BJP ने दिया राज्यसभा का टिकट". www.abplive.com (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  8. "BJP leader Syed Zafar Islam appointed non-official director of Air India".
  9. "Syed Zafar Islam is BJP nominee for RS from Uttar Pradesh". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 26 August 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 October 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "BJP's Syed Zafar Alam elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". Indian Express.



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