Josefina Bilbao
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Josefina Bilbao | |
|---|---|
| Intendant of the Valparaíso Region | |
| In office 13 March 2000 – 29 December 2000 | |
| President | Ricardo Lagos |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Aldoney |
| Succeeded by | Raúl Allard Neumann |
| Head Ministry of the National Women's Service | |
| In office 10 March 1994 – 29 March 2000[1] | |
| President | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| Preceded by | Soledad Alvear |
| Succeeded by | Adriana Delpiano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1933 |
| Party | Close to the Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Jorge Guzmán Iturra |
| Children | Six |
| Parent(s) | Eustaquio Bilabo Pilar Mendezona |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Teacher |
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. Then, Josefina settled in Santiago when she was 25. At the moment, she was newly married to the architect and businessman, Jorge Guzmán Iturra, with whom she had six children.
Her father was Eustaquio Bilbao Zumarraga, a Basque immigrant with a strong character, very liberal. By its part, her mother was Pilar Antonia Mendezona Lecanda. Josefina Bilbao is the fourth of five siblings.
She studied catechetical pedagogy at the Catechetical Home dependent on the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). She worked as a catechism teacher and later joined Catholic action youth movements in a very committed way.
She later studied family orientation at the Carlos Casanueva Institute, an entity in which she worked as a teacher and director.
