Nagua Alba Explained

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.

Biography

Born on 16 March 1990 in Madrid,^[1] daughter of writer,^[2] her father is an Egyptian, Ahmed Goueli. Through her mother, she is granddaughter of Lolo Rico 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Podemos. Nagua Alba Goveli. https://web.archive.org/web/20191020060054/https://transparencia.podemos.info/cargos-publicos/congreso/nagua-alba. dead. 2019-10-20.
2. Fallece Lolo Rico, la mujer que quiso regalar su bola de cristal. El País. 2019-01-20. Pedro. Gorospe.
3. Un hemiciclo abierto a otros perfiles. ABC. 21. 17 January 2016. V.R.A.
4. Web site: XI Legislatura (2016-2016) Alba Goveli, Nayua Miriam. Congress of Deputies. www.congreso.es.
5. Web site: XII Legislatura (2016-2019) Alba Goveli, Nayua Miriam. Congress of Deputies. www.congreso.es.

6. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 977/2015, de 26 de octubre. 110715. 24 November 2015. 281.

7. Nagua Alba lanza las primarias en Podemos Euskadi y dice que no se presentará. El País. 30 August 2017. Pedro. Gorospe.
8. "Los jóvenes no tenemos ningún tipo de futuro". El País. 2 August 2018. Emilio. Sánchez Hidalgo.

9. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 184/2016, de 3 de mayo. 35588. 31 May 2016. 131.

10. La Vanguardia. Nagua Alba abandonará la dirección de Podemos Euskadi que se renueva este año. 29 August 2017.