Margaret Alva

Margaret Alva (née Nazareth; born 14 April 1942) is an Indian politician. Alva was the 17th Governor of Goa, 23rd Governor of Gujarat, 20th Governor of Rajasthan and 4th Governor of Uttarakhand.

Margaret Alva
File:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg Margaret Alva in 2006
17th Governor of Goa
In office 12 July 2014 – 7 August 2014
Chief Minister	Manohar Parrikar
Preceded by	Bharat Vir Wanchoo
Succeeded by	Om Prakash Kohli
23rd Governor of Gujarat
In office 7 July 2014 – 15 July 2014
Chief Minister	Anandiben Patel
Preceded by	Kamla Beniwal
Succeeded by	Om Prakash Kohli
20th Governor of Rajasthan
In office 12 May 2012 – 5 August 2014
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Preceded by	Shivraj Patil
Succeeded by	Ram Naik (Additional Charge)
4th Governor of Uttarakhand
In office 6 August 2009 – 14 May 2012
Chief Minister	Ramesh Pokhriyal B.C. Khanduri
Preceded by	Banwari Lal Joshi
Succeeded by	Aziz Qureshi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Anant Kumar Hegde
Succeeded by	Anant Kumar Hegde
Constituency	Kanara
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
In office 26 June 1991 – 26 May 1996
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
In office 26 May 1985 – 26 May 1989
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs
In office 25 July 1984 – 25 July 1985
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
In office 25 July 1993 – 25 July 1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 25 July 1974–25 July 1998
Constituency	Karnataka
Personal details
Born	Margaret Nazareth 14 April 1942 (aged 83) Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Mangaluru, Karnataka, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Niranjan Alva ​ ​ (m. 1964; died 2018)​
Children	3 son(s) and 1 daughter
Residence	New Delhi
Alma mater	Mt. Carmel College and Government Law College, Bangalore
Profession	Lawyer

In July 2022, the United Progressive Alliance nominated her as its vice presidential nominee in the 2022 election. She lost the election to Jagdeep Dhankhar the following month.