María Ignacia Benítez (1 August 1958 – 28 February 2019) was the Chilean Minister of the Environment, between 2010 and 2014.

Benítez was born in Viña del Mar in Chile.

She went to school locally before studying civil engineering at the University of Chile.

[1] The previous minister was Ana Lya Uriarte.

In 2012, she had a public row with the Supreme Court who were holding up a contract she was interested in.