Nagua Alba

Nayua Miriam Goveli Alba (born 1990), best known as Nagua Alba, is a Spanish politician. She was a member of the 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Gipuzkoa.

Nagua Alba
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 2016–2019
Constituency	Gipuzkoa
Personal details
Born	Nayua Miriam Goveli Alba 16 March 1990 Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Podemos
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country Autonomous University of Madrid

Biography

Born on 16 March 1990 in Madrid,[1] daughter of writer Isabel Alba Rico,[2] her father is an Egyptian, Ahmed Goueli.[3] Through her mother, she is granddaughter of Lolo Rico[2] and great-great-granddaughter of Santiago Alba Bonifaz. Raised in the Basque Autonomous Community,[3] she earned a licentiate degree in Psychology from the University of the Basque Country, later obtaining a Master in Psychology of the Education at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM).[4][5]

She led the Podemos-Ahal Dugu congressional electoral list in Gipuzkoa for the December 2015 general election,[6] and became a member of the 11th term of the Lower House. She became the Secretary-General of Podemos Euskadi in March 2016, replacing Roberto Uriarte.[7][8] She repeated the leading place in the party list in Gipuzkoa for the June 2016 general election,[9] renovating her seat for the 12th Congress of Deputies.

Considered (in the context of the Vistalegre II party assembly) close to the project of Íñigo Errejón (defeated by Pablo Iglesias'),[10] she called in August 2017 a snap primary election to determine the party leadership in the Basque Country, announcing she would not stand up for re-election.[10]

References

1. "Nagua Alba Goveli". Podemos. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20.
2. Gorospe, Pedro (2019-01-20). "Fallece Lolo Rico, la mujer que quiso regalar su bola de cristal". El País.
3. V.R.A (17 January 2016). "Un hemiciclo abierto a otros perfiles". ABC: 21.
4. "XI Legislatura (2016-2016) Alba Goveli, Nayua Miriam". www.congreso.es. Congress of Deputies.
5. "XII Legislatura (2016-2019) Alba Goveli, Nayua Miriam". www.congreso.es. Congress of Deputies.
6. Juntas Electorales Provinciales: "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 977/2015, de 26 de octubre" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (281): 110715. 24 November 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.
7. Gorospe, Pedro (30 August 2017). "Nagua Alba lanza las primarias en Podemos Euskadi y dice que no se presentará". El País.
8. Sánchez Hidalgo, Emilio (2 August 2018). ""Los jóvenes no tenemos ningún tipo de futuro"". El País.
9. Juntas Electorales Provinciales: "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 184/2016, de 3 de mayo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (131): 35588. 31 May 2016. ISSN 0212-033X.
10. "Nagua Alba abandonará la dirección de Podemos Euskadi que se renueva este año". La Vanguardia. 29 August 2017.