Margaret Alva

Margaret Alva
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
19th 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 (1942-04-14) 14 April 1942 (age 82) Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Mangaluru, Karnataka, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Niranjan Alva ​ ​ (m. 1964; died 2018)​ [1]
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.