María Josefina Bilbao Mendezona is a Chilean engineer and politician who served twice as Intendant of the Valparaíso Region.
[2] She was born in Valparaíso, but her upbringing took place in Viña del Mar, studying at the English Nuns.
In the early Pinochet dictatorship (1973−1990), Bilbao was part of the Justice and Peace Commission of the National Episcopate.
During Patricio Aylwin's government (1990−1994), she was part of the Diagnostic Commission on the Chilean Family as president, taking her first steps in the world of politics.
She has served as a member of the Cinematographic Qualifying Council and as president of the Mi Casa Foundation[4] board of directors, in addition to belonging to different directories linked to the world of education.