René Gabriel Maturana Maldonado (10 February 1955 – 12 August 2009) was a Chilean journalist and the 36th Mayor of Pichilemu, holding the position from his appointment by President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte on 31 August 1984 until his resignation in April 1992.
Maturana also was an academic at Andrés Bello National University, and was the President of the Rancagua chapter of the College of Teachers of Chile (Spanish: Colegio de Profesores de Chile).