Roberto "Junior" Maldonado Vélez (born June 9, 1952) is a former member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico who, in the United States territory's highly politicized environment, will serve under an opposing party's administration.
Maldonado Vélez has a bachelor's degree in arts with a concentration in psychology from the University of Puerto Rico.
Maldonado Vélez was reelected in 1988, defeated in 1992 and made a comeback in 2000, becoming the House's Majority Leader in 2001.
He is the only political figure to have defeated Kenneth McClintock, who ran against him for the House District 5 seat in 1988 and later went on to become president of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá nominated Maldonado Vélez to head the Puerto Rico Public Service Commission from 2004 to 2008.