Mauricio Mulder

Mauricio Mulder
Member of Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2001
Constituency	Lima
Institutional Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party
In office 7 June 2004 – 16 March 2010
Preceded by	None (Office created)
Succeeded by	Omar Quesada
Personal details
Born	2 July 1950 Lima, Peru
Political party	Peruvian Aprista Party
Alma mater	Graduate Institute of International Studies Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Claude Maurice Mulder Bedoya, known as Mauricio Mulder (born 8 June 1956, in Lima), is a Peruvian politician, lawyer and former journalist. One of the prominent members within the old Peruvian Aprista Party, he has served in Congress since 2001. He was reelected for a fourth term in Congress, representing Lima for the APRA-PPC alliance.

Mauricio Mulder studied the Law at the Catholic University in Lima, earning the law degree in 1978. From 1976 to 1977 he was General Secretary of the students' wing of the Aprista Party. He continued his academic studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) in Geneva, Switzerland, from which he graduated in 1985.

Under the first presidency of the leader of his party Alan García from 1985 to 1990, Mulder was Chairman of the National Broadcasting Company IRTP. From 1992 to 1995 he was United Nations official for political issues in the El Salvador peace process. He was chief editor of the center-left daily newspaper La República from 1996 to 2001. From 1999 to 2004 he was on the National Commission of the APRA.

Mulder is considered a governing party insider, having served in Congress for 15 years. He is considered a confrontational figure in Congress, constantly defending his leader Alan García from accusations.

External links

• Official Congressional Site
• Resume on the National Electoral Panel (JNE) site