# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-alva
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:43:40.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-alva"
name: "Margaret Alva"
slug: "margaret-alva"
description: "Margaret Nazareth Alva is an Indian lawyer and politician who 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."
tagline: "Governor of the Indian state of Rajasthan"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump