María Antonieta Alva Luperdi (born 7 March 1985) is a Peruvian public administrator who served as Minister of Economy and Finance from October 2019 to November 2020.

[5] Alva attained a Master's in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,[6] which she accessed after obtaining the Fulbright and Mary Jo Bane scholarships (2012-2014).

She also completed an internship at the Pratham Foundation Aser Center in New Delhi, India, as part of Harvard's Women and Public Policy program.

[9] On 3 October 2019, she was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance, as part of the new cabinet led by Vicente Zeballos, in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Peruvian Congress by president Martín Vizcarra.

[16] Alva's resigned alongside Walter Martos' cabinet following the impeachment and subsequent office removal of President Martín Vizcarra, on 9 November 2020.