Mauricio Mulder | |
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| Chairman of the Peruvian Aprista Party National Political Commission | |
| Assumed office July 8, 2017 | |
| President | Alan García César Trelles |
| Preceded by | Javier Velásquez |
| Third Vice President of Congress | |
| In office July 26, 2017 – July 26, 2018 | |
| President | Luis Galarreta |
| Preceded by | Luciana León |
| Succeeded by | Yeni Vilcatoma |
| Institutional General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party | |
| In office June 7, 2004 – March 5, 2010 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Office established (Jorge Del Castillo as only General Secretary) |
| Succeeded by | Omar Quesada |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office July 26, 2001 – September 30, 2019 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Claude Maurice Mulder Bedoya 8 June 1956 Lima, Peru |
| Nationality |  Peruvian |
| Political party | Peruvian Aprista Party |
| Spouse | Pilar Orbegoso Puelles |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLB) Graduate Institute of International Studies |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Claude Maurice Mulder Bedoya, known as Mauricio Mulder (born June 8, 1956), is a Peruvian politician, lawyer and former journalist. One of the most prominent and influential members of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he was Congressman from 2001 to 2019, representing Lima. From 2004 to 2010, he held the office of party secretary general.
Born to a Swiss father and a Peruvian mother, Mulder attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, earning his law degree in 1979. From a very young age, he joined the Peruvian Aprista Party, and from 1976 to 1977, he led the party's command at his college. He pursued his graduate studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Under the first presidency of Alan García, Mulder was chairman of the National Broadcasting Company IRTP. From 1992 to 1995, he served in the United Nations as political officer in the El Salvador peace process. Upon his return to Peru, he was appointed chief editor of the daily newspaper La República, from 1996 to 2001. Since 1999, Mulder has served as a full member of the National Executive Committee of the Peruvian Aprista Party. In 2004, Mulder was elected institutional secretary general of the Peruvian Aprista Party. Due to Jorge del Castillo's appointment as Alan García's first prime minister of his second presidency, Mulder held both institutional and political affairs until he stepped down in 2010.
Considered a confrontational figure in Peruvian politics, Mulder set in motion various controversial procedures during his 18 years in Congress. His tenure in office ended on September 30, 2019, due to the dissolution of Congress by Martín Vizcarra. He has since retired from politics after failing to retain his seat in the 2020 snap parliamentary elections, although he serves in his party as political commission chairman since 2019.