Syed Zafar Islam | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 4 September 2020 –4 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Amar Singh |
Succeeded by | Sangeeta Yadav |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hazaribagh,Jharkhand,India [1] |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Shiba Kamal |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Mumbai,New Delhi |
Alma mater | Delhi University (PhD), IIM Ahmedabad (MBA), Aligarh Muslim University, Ranchi University [2] |
Occupation | Investment Banker,politician |
Syed Zafar Islam is an Indian Politician and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the state of Uttar Pradesh. [3] He is currently one of the national spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [4] Islam is a former investment banker and the former Managing director of the Indian subsidiary of Deutsche Bank. [5] He is regarded as one of the prominent Muslim leaders of the party. [6]
He also served as a non-official independent director for Air India from 2017 to 2020.
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In the 2020 by-polls,he was elected unopposed to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh. [10]
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