title: Carlos Maldonado Curti
text: # 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 was won by that option with a 62% of the votes.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born and raised in Cerro Jiménez in Valparaíso. 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.
  
  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's 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 Sebastián Piñera.
  
  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.
  
  