Mauricio Mulder
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 |
| 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 |
alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.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 worked as a journalist for La República and as consultant, from 1995 to 2000. Following his first election to Congress in 2001, he was elected general secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party in 2004, alongside Jorge del Castillo, serving till 2010.
A highly contentious figure throughout the Peruvian political crisis since 2016, Mulder’s congressional tenure in office ended in September 2019 as part of Martín Vizcarra’s dissolution of Congress. Having retired from politics after failing to retain his seat in the 2020 snap parliamentary elections, longtime party rival Jorge del Castillo announced Mulder as his running mate at the upcoming 2025 Peruvian Aprista Party presidential primary for the 2026 general election.