Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez

Maira Mariela Macdonal Álvarez is a Bolivian diplomat. She was the Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, and one of the four Vice-Presidents of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Biography Macdonal studied a bachelor's degree in Social Communication Sciences at the Higher University of San Andrés in La Paz, Bolivia, a master's degree in International Negotiation at the Geneva Graduate Institute and postgraduate course on Human Rights at the University of Zaragoza in Spain.

Macdonal worked in the office of the Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia from 2012 to 2014.

Macdonal was elected as one of the four Vice-Presidents of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in December 2022, taking up her position in 2023.

Macdonal participated in the 2024 International Day of Women in Diplomacy celebration at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. She has also supported the International Gender Champions pledges against gender-based violence and for gender parity.

In February 2025, Macdonal visited the International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO) headquarters.