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

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in representation of

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Biography

Born on 16 March 1990 in

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, daughter of writer , her father is an Egyptian, Ahmed Goueli. Through her mother, she is granddaughter of

Lolo Rico María Dolores Rico Oliver (1935, Madrid – 20 January 2019, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa), known professionally as Lolo Rico, was a writer, television producer, screenwriter and Spanish journalist. Career She began her career writing children's ...

and great-great-granddaughter of

Santiago Alba Bonifaz Santiago Alba y Bonifaz (23 December 1872, in Zamora, Spain, Zamora – 8 April 1949) was a Spanish politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of the Navy, Minister of Education and Science, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Housing, and Mi ...

. Raised in the

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, she earned a

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in Psychology from the

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, later obtaining a Master in Psychology of the Education at the

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(UAM). She led the Podemos-Ahal Dugu

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electoral list in

for the December 2015 general election, 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. She repeated the leading place in the party list in Gipuzkoa for the June 2016 general election,: renovating her seat for the

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. Considered (in the context of the Vistalegre II party assembly) close to the project of

Íñigo Errejón Íñigo Errejón Galván (; born 14 December 1983) is a Spanish political scientist and politician, serving as member of the 14th Congress of Deputies. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, he was the secretary for policy and strategy and ...

(defeated by Pablo Iglesias'), 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alba, Nagua 1990 births Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Living people Spanish people of Arab descent Autonomous University of Madrid alumni Politicians from Madrid University of the Basque Country alumni 21st-century Spanish women politicians Politicians from San Sebastián Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians