Carlos Maldonado Curti

Carlos Domingo Maldonado Curti (born 21 July 1963) is a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party and is currently linked to Freemasonry.

Maldonado was General Undersecretary of Government (2006–07) Minister of Justice (2007–10) during the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.

He was pre-candidate of the Radical Party of Chile (PR). Later, on 2 September 2022, he was suspended from the PR for having promoted the «Reject» option towards the 2022 Chilean constitutional plebiscite, which won 62%–38%.

Biography He spent his childhood and youth in Cerro Jiménez in Valparaíso, the son of Carmela Georgina Curti Valdivia.

He completed his primary and secondary education at School E-310 and the Eduardo de la Barra High School, respectively. Later, he studied law at the Law School of the University of Valparaíso,

In addition, he has attended various seminars, both nationally and internationally, in the areas of Justice Reform, the concept of the Rule of Law, Communications, Administration, Human Resources, Information Technologies, among other subjects. in the development of procedural reforms in Latin America and the operation of concession-run prisons.

Political career Beginnings Like his father, he became a member of the Radical Party (PR) at the age of twenty, while studying at university. By the late 1980s, he became president of the Radical Youth of the Valparaíso Region. defeating Ernesto Velasco Rodríguez, who was seeking reelection. On 23 November of that year, he resigned from the presidency of the Radical Party—after the presidential election—and was succeeded by Alberto Robles.