Ximena Paz Aguilera Sanhueza (born 7 October 1964) is a Chilean physician and politician, currently serving as her country's Minister of Health since 6 September 2022.

[1] In 1987, she graduated as a surgeon from the University of Chile, from where she also holds a master's degree in public health.

Aguilera has also worked as a consultant for other international organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank, in various countries in Latin America and in China.

[4] In this role, she criticized the former government of Sebastián Piñera for lack of transparency in the delivery of data.

Prior to her appointment as Minister, Aguilera was director of the Center for Epidemiology and Health Policies of the Faculty of Medicine at the University for Development.