Carlos Humberto Amado (born 25 September 1944) was the first general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from Guatemala. Elder Amado was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. His family joined the Church when he was nine. Initially he was most attracted to the Church by the Boy Scout program. Elder Amado was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in April 1989. In 1992 he was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy. He married Mayavel Pineda in 1971. They have six children.