Carlos Maldonado Curti

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Carlos Maldonado Curti
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President of the Radical Party
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27 August 2018
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]

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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]

Biography

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).

Personal life

Football

He is supporter of Santiago Wanderers. [18]

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  2. ↑ "Cuatro exministros de Bachelet candidatos: ¿Qué une a la expresidenta con Narváez, Rincón, Muñoz y Maldonado?". La Tercera. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Exministro Carlos Maldonado es proclamado carta del PR a La Moneda". Radio Bío-Bío. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Aravena, Francisco (23 July 2021). "El otro precandidato: las definiciones de Carlos Maldonado". La Tercera . Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Cáceres, Felipe (29 March 2021). "Carlos Maldonado, candidato presidencial PR: "Existen condiciones para que sumemos fuerzas con Daniel Jadue"". La Tercera . Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "El PR tiene a su "Mandalorian": Carlos Maldonado se inscribe en consulta ciudadana de Unidad Constituyente". El Mostrador. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Partido Radical suspende militancia de Carlos Maldonado por apoyar abiertamente al Rechazo". Radio Bío-Bío. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Plebiscito: Partido Radical suspende la militancia de su expresidente Carlos Maldonado tras optar por el Rechazo". La Tercera. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Partido Radical suspende militancia de Carlos Maldonado por promover el Rechazo: 'Generó daño político a la colectividad'". CNN Chile. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Partido Radical suspendió la militancia de Carlos Maldonado por apoyar el Rechazo". Radio Cooperativa. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Chile Says 'No' to Left-Leaning Constitution After 3 Years of Debate". NY Times. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "La celebración con sabor a revancha de los senadores DC Ximena Rincón y Matías Walker junto a Carlos Maldonado (PR)". La Tercera. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  13. 1 2 La Tercera (Santiago), 8 April 2007, page 6
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