Carlos Domingo Maldonado Curti (born 21 July 1963) is a Chilean

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and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party and is currently linked the

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. Maldonado was General Undersecretary of Government (2006–07)

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(2007–10) during the first government of

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. He was pre-candidate of the

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(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 was won by that option with a 62% of the votes.

Biography

He was born and raised in Cerro Jiménez in

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. La Tercera (Santiago), 8 April 2007, page 6 His father ―a former radical leader― retired as an employee of the

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(EFE, «State Railways Company»), the same company where his grandfather had been a worker. 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 School of Law and received a Master degree in Law from the University of Chile. In 2018, Maldonado was elected as the president of his party. On 27 March 2019, he joined with

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. In the primaries of the

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he lost against the candidates

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(winner;

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) and

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(

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Personal life

Football

He is supporter of

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* 1963 births Living people Chilean people Chilean people of Italian descent People from Valparaíso Eduardo de la Barra Lyceum alumni University of Valparaíso alumni University of Chile alumni Chilean politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians Radical Party of Chile politicians Radical Social Democratic Party of Chile politicians Democrats (Chile) politicians Chilean Freemasons {{Chile-politician-stub