Josefina Gómez Mendoza (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish geographer, writer, and professor emerita.

7 (elected 8 February 2002, took office 27 April 2003),[2][3] and the Royal Academy of Engineering, Medal No.

[4] Josefina Gómez Mendoza holds a licentiate in Philosophy and Literature from History Department at the Complutense University of Madrid (1974), as well as a Doctorate in Philosophy and Literature from the same university's History and Geography Department.

In June 2005, she was named Doctor Honoris Causa of the Charles III University of Madrid and invested on 3 February 2006.

In addition to publishing several books, she has written for some media outlets, including the newspaper El País.