| Braulio Maldonado Sández | |
| Office: | 2nd Governor of Baja California |
| Term Start: | 1 December 1953 |
| Term End: | 13 November 1959 |
| Predecessor: | Alfonso García González |
| Successor: | Eligio Esquivel Méndez |
| Birth Date: | 1903 |
| Birth Place: | San José del Cabo, Baja California Territory, Mexico |
| Death Date: | 1990 |
| Alma Mater: | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Profession: | Politician, Political Activist, Writer, Lawyer |
| Residence: | Ensenada, Baja California |
Braulio Maldonado Sández (1903 – 1990) was a Mexican politician who served as the first Governor of Baja California from 1953 until 1959. He was one of the most colorful leaders in the history of 20th-century Mexican politics.
Born in San José del Cabo, Baja California Territory, Mexico in 1903 to Cruz Maldonado Zumaya and Luisa Sández Ojeda.[1]
After Baja California earned statehood, Maldonado was chosen as the gubernatorial candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[2] He won the ensuing election in October 1953 to become the inaugural Governor of Baja California. Maldonado officially began his term as Governor on 1 December, taking part in a ceremony in Mexicali which was attended by President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.[3]