Syed Zafar Islam is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh which is inside India Union. He is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Islam is a former investment banker and the former Managing director at Deutsche Bank. He is regarded as one of the prominent Muslim leaders of the party. 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 (BJP) on 5 April 2014 after resigning as director of Deutsche Bank, India . 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. 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. 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. See also Bharatiya Janata Party Arif Mohammad Khan Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Nighat Abbass Tahir Aslam Gora Tarek Fatah References Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Indian Muslims Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Investment bankers Living people People from Hazaribagh district Year of birth missing (living people)