Marija Golubeva (born 28 June 1973) is a Latvian politician of Russian descent, political scientist, and historian.

Golubeva studied English philology at the University of Latvia, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in 1994.

[3] In the 2001–2002 school year, she was the acting head of the Department of Political Science at Riga Stradiņš University, and the following year she served as the head of a research center at The Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.

[6] In on 3 June 2021, after the redistribution of ministerial positions in the government of Krišjānis Kariņas due to the withdrawal of the KPV LV party from the government, she was elected as the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Latvia.

On 16 May 2022 M. Golubeva resigned from the position of the Minister of Interior after the National Union, one of the coalition partners, expressed distrust regarding the activities of law enforcement agencies during the laying of flowers at the Victory Monument in Riga on 9 and 10 May.