Carlos Maldonado Curti | |
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President of the Radical Party | |
Assumed office 27 August 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ernesto Velasco |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 27 March 2007 – 11 March 2010 | |
President | Michelle Bachelet |
Preceded by | Isidro Solís |
Succeeded by | Felipe Bulnes |
Undersecretary of Justice | |
In office 11 March 2006 – 27 March 2007 | |
Preceded by | Jorge Navarrete Poblete |
Succeeded by | Augusto Prado Sánchez |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] Valparaíso, Chile[ citation needed] | 21 July 1963 [
Political party |
Radical Party (1983–1994; 2018–2022) Radical Social Democrat Party (1994–2018) Democrats (2022–) |
Spouse | Cecilia Cancino Reyes |
Children | Three |
Alma mater |
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Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Carlos Domingo Maldonado Curti (born 21 July[ citation needed] 1963) is a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party and is currently linked to Freemasonry. [1]
Maldonado was General Undersecretary of Government (2006–07) Minister of Justice (2007–10) during the first government of President Michelle Bachelet. [2] [3]
He was pre-candidate of the Radical Party of Chile (PR). [4] [5] [6] Later, on 2 September 2022, he was suspended from the PR for having promoted the «Reject» option towards the 2022 Chilean constitutional plebiscite, [7] [8] [9] [10] which was won by that option with a 62% of the votes. [11] [12]
He was born and raised in Cerro Jiménez in Valparaíso. [13] [14] His father ―a former radical leader― retired as an employee of the Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE, «State Railways Company»), the same company where his grandfather had been a worker. [15]
His primary and secondary education were at the E-310 School, and the Eduardo de la Barra High School, both public schools. He graduated from the University of Valparaíso [13] School of Law and received a master's degree in law from the University of Chile.
In 2018, Maldonado was elected as the president of his party. [16]
On 27 March 2019, he joined with Sebastián Piñera. [17]
In the primaries of the Constituent Unity he lost against the candidates Yasna Provoste (winner; christian-democratic) and Paula Narváez ( socialist).
He is supporter of Santiago Wanderers. [18]