Margaret Alva | |
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.jpg) Margaret Alva in 2006 | |
| 17th Governor of Goa | |
| In office 12 July 2014 – 5 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 |
| 19th Governor of Rajasthan | |
| In office 12 May 2012 – 5 August 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Ashok Gehlot Vasundhara Raje |
| Preceded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Succeeded by | Ram Naik (Additional Charge) |
| 4th Governor of Uttarakhand | |
| In office 6 August 2009 – 14 May 2012 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| 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 Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Mangaluru, Karnataka, India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse |
Niranjan Alva
(m. 1964; died 2018) |
| Relations | Violet Alva (Mother-in-Law) Joachim Alva (Father-in-law) |
| Children | 3 son(s) and 1 daughter |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Mount Carmel College (B.A.), University Law College, Bangalore (LL.B.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Margaret Nazareth Alva (born 14 April 1942) is an Indian politician. She served as the 17th Governor of Goa, 23rd Governor of Gujarat, 19th Governor of Rajasthan and 4th Governor of Uttarakhand at various times between 2009 and 2014. She has formerly served as the Cabinet Minister. She took over in Rajasthan from the Punjab governor, Shivraj Patil, who had been holding an additional charge of that state. Before being appointed governor, she was a senior figure in the Indian National Congress and was Joint Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. Her mother-in-law, Violet Alva, was Second Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in 1960s.
On 17 July 2022, the United Progressive Alliance along with some other non-UPA opposition parties nominated her for the post of Vice President of India in the 2022 election.[2] But she was defeated by her opponent Jagdeep Dhankhar by a margin of 346 votes on 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Niranjan Thomas Alva passes away". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Ex-union minister Margaret Alva is Opposition's vice presidential candidate". The Indian Express. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.