| Edmundo Novillo | |
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 Novillo in 2011 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 November 2020 | |
| President | Luis Arce |
| Preceded by | Luis Fernando López |
| 1st Governor of Cochabamba | |
| In office 30 May 2010 – 31 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Ledezma (as prefect) |
| Succeeded by | Iván Canelas |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 22 January 2006 – 22 January 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Norah Soruco |
| Succeeded by | Héctor Enrique Arcé Zaconeta |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Cochabamba | |
| In office 6 August 2002 – 22 January 2010 | |
| Constituency | Circumscription 29 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmundo Novillo Aguilar (1963-01-28) 28 January 1963 (age 61) Totora, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Political party | Movement for Socialism |
Edmundo Novillo Aguilar (born 28 January 1963) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and Governor of Cochabamba. His political career includes serving on the Departmental Council, as Mayor of Totora, and as a Deputy in the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies. He was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies for four years from 2006 to 2010. He is affiliated with the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), and was the first MAS-IPSP member to serve a President of the Chamber of Deputies.
Novillo won the 2010 gubernatorial election in Cochabamba with 61.9% of the vote. He was succeeded in 2015 by Iván Canelas. On 9 November 2020, the recently inaugurated President Luis Arce appointed him Minister of Defense. It was announced on 28 December that Novillo had gone into quarantine after contracting COVID-19.
References
- "Observatorio del Poder Legislativo en America Latina".
- ^ "Novillo, el primer gobernador". Los Tiempos. 2010-04-05. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- Corte Nacional Electoral, Acto de Computo Nacional Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- "Canelas es Gobernador electo de Cochabamba - Periódico La Patria (Oruro - Bolivia)". Periódico La Patria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- Bolivia, Opinión. "Exgobernador de Cochabamba asume el Ministerio de Defensa". Opinión Bolivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- "Dos ministros, Revilla, Chapetón y Reyes Villa tienen coronavirus". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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