Joseph Alexander (8 August 1938 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian bureaucrat and politician who served as Chief Secretary and Cabinet Minister, Karnataka State.

[2] Alexander started his career as a lecturer in English in Fatima Mata National College, Kollam and joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1963, where he was allotted to Karnataka State cadre.

[3] After retirement from the civil service, he joined the Indian National Congress, and contested elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He became a member of the Legislative Assembly from Bharathi Nagar (presently Sarvagnanagar) in Bangalore, and became a cabinet minister for tourism in S. M. Krishna Ministry.

He was also advisory board member in Global Organization of People of Indian Origin(GOPIO), board of governors of Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Bangalore and chairman of its branch in KOCHI, Kerala.