Luisa Garmendia Alurralde de Pinto (; 1797 â 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 born in 1797 in Tucumán Province, Viceroyalty of the RÃÂo de la Plata (present-day Argentina) to José Ignacio Garmendia Aguirre and , a supporter of Argentine Independence. 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. Following her husband's election as the President of Chile, Garmendia became the First Lady of Chile in 1827. Garmendia served as First Lady until July 1829 when her husband resigned from the presidency following the Revolution of 1829.
Garmendia married Pinto in 1817. Garmendia and Pinto's had multiple children including:
On 26 May 1857 Garmendia died in Santiago, and was buried at Santiago General Cemetery.