Syed Zafar Islam is an Indian Politician and former Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the state of Uttar Pradesh.
[4] Islam is a former investment banker and the former Managing director of the Indian subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.
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 .
In the 2020 by-polls, he was elected unopposed to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh.
[10] BJP did not nominate Zafar in 2024 and thus his term ended and had to bid farewell to his Rajya Sabha seat.