Syed Zafar Islam

Syed Zafar Islam is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.[4] He is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] Islam is a former investment banker and the former Managing director at Deutsche Bank.[6] He is regarded as one of the prominent Muslim leaders of the party.[7]

Not to be confused with Syed Zafar Mahmood.

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
Born1971 (age 49–50)[1]
Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India [2]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Shiba Kamal
Children2
ResidenceMumbai, New Delhi
Alma materDelhi University (PhD),
IIM Ahmedabad (MBA),
Aligarh Muslim University,
Ranchi University[3]
OccupationInvestment Banker, politician

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

Political career

Entry into politics

Syed Zafar Islam was influenced by Narendra Modi's politics and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 5 April 2014 after resigning as director of Deutsche Bank, India .[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] He also writes opinion pieces on politics and economic affairs in several national newspapers.

Member of Parliament

In the 2020 by-polls, he was elected unopposed to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh.[11]

Personal life

In Hazaribagh, his father Syed Nayeem Ahmed used to run a garments shop. Currently, his brother Syed Shahbaz Ghani and his nephew Syed Ayaz Ghani operates this establishment.His brother Syed Zubair Ahmed has been a BBC news correspondent in Delhi. Another brother syed Zahid Asghar is a real estate agent in Hyderabad.Syed Zafar Islam is married and has a son and a daughter, who are studying in Mumbai.

He completed his schooling from KN Islamia High School, Hazaribagh. He did his Intermediate from Markham College Hazaribagh. He then earned his BSc, MSc from Aligarh Muslim University and PhD from Delhi University. He did his executive MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. After this, he served in Mumbai as Director Finance for Deutsche Bank for about 15 years. Mr. Zafar was also an excellent cricketer, he represented Aligarh Muslim University as captain.[12]

See also

References
  1. https://www.wikicelebs.com/zafar-islam/
  2. "[1]".
  3. https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-syed-zafar-islam
  4. "BJP's Syed Zafar Alam elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". Indian Express.
  5. "BJP Spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam Party's Rajya Sabha Poll Candidate from UP". News18.
  6. "SYED ZAFAR ISLAM Profile". Indian Express.
  7. "Zafar Islam, who helped bring Scindia to BJP, given RS ticket".
  8. न्यूज़, एबीपी (27 August 2020). "जानिए कौन हैं सैयद जफर इस्लाम, जिन्हें यूपी से BJP ने दिया राज्यसभा का टिकट". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  9. "BJP leader Syed Zafar Islam appointed non-official director of Air India".
  10. "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.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. "BJP's Syed Zafar Alam elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". Indian Express.
  12. "Jharkhand: हजारीबाग के व्यवसायी परिवार से आते हैं सैयद जफर इस्लाम, भाजपा ने बनाया है राज्यसभा प्रत्याशी". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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