Luisa Garmendia

Luisa Garmendia Alurralde de Pinto (; 1797 – 1857) was the Argentine-Chilean First Lady of Chile between 1827 and 1829. Garmendia is considered the founder of the Pinto political dynasty. Garmendia was the younger half-sister of , a Catholic priest and guerrilla in the Bolivian War of Independence, and Juan Manuel de las Muñecas, a military officer and supporter of Argentine Independence. Garmendia was the younger sister of , a politician.

Garmendia met her future husband Francisco Antonio Pinto, at the time a lawyer and military general and later a politician and 3rd President of Chile, whilst he was stationed in Tucumán Province. In 1823, Garmendia and Pinto relocated to Chile where Pinto began his political career. Aníbal Pinto (1825–1884), lawyer, politician and 9th President of Chile; married Delfina de la Cruz (1837–1905), a pianist and First Lady of Chile.

On 26 May 1857 Garmendia died in Santiago, and was buried at Santiago General Cemetery.