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 |
| Political party | Podemos |
| Alma mater | University of the Basque Country Autonomous University of Madrid |
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.
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]