Eduardo Maldonado | |
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_Chamber_of_Senators_of_Bolivia.png) Official portrait, 2012 | |
| Senator for Potosí | |
| In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
| Substitute | Ana Vilacama |
| Preceded by | Antonio Peredo |
| Succeeded by | René Joaquino |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eduardo Humberto Maldonado Iporre 16 November 1968 Potosí, Bolivia |
| Alma mater | Tomás Frías University |
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| Signature | _Eduardo_Maldonado.svg) |
Eduardo Humberto Maldonado Iporre (born 16 November 1968) is a Bolivian economist, lawyer, and politician who served as senator for Potosí from 2010 to 2015. He previously served as ombudsman of Potosí from 1998 to 2009.
A graduate of Tomás Frías University, Maldonado developed his leadership skills in the student movement and aligned himself toward socialist values from a young age. He got his career start as Potosí's special representative to the Ombudsman's Office, holding the position for over a decade from the institution's inception in 1998. In 2009, he was elected to represent Potosí in the Senate on behalf of the ruling Movement for Socialism. Once in office, however, Maldonado quickly broke with his caucus over its often hierarchical leadership structure, becoming one of the first members of the 2010–2015 Legislative Assembly to defect from the ruling party.
Rather than seek reelection, Maldonado attempted to contest the Potosí mayoralty in 2015 but was barred from running due to a controversial interpretation of residency requirements by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The decision prompted him to sue the government before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which in 2018 ruled that his political rights had been violated by the state. In subsequent years, Maldonado ran to return to parliament in 2019 and was again a candidate for mayor in 2021, failing to achieve either position.