Edmundo Novillo Explained

Edmundo Novillo
Office:Minister of Defense
President:Luis Arce
Term Start:9 November 2020
Predecessor:Luis Fernando López
Order1:1st
Office1:Governor of Cochabamba
Term Start1:30 May 2010
Term End1:31 May 2015
Successor1:Iván Canelas
Order2:President of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start2:22 January 2006
Term End2:22 January 2010
Predecessor2:Norah Soruco
Successor2:Héctor Enrique Arcé Zaconeta
Order3:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from Cochabamba
Term Start3:6 August 2002
Term End3:22 January 2010
Constituency3:Circumscription 29[1]
Birth Name:Edmundo Novillo Aguilar
Birth Date:28 January 1963
Birth Place:Totora, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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.[2] 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.[3] He was succeeded in 2015 by Iván Canelas.[4] On 9 November 2020, the recently inaugurated President Luis Arce appointed him Minister of Defense.[5] It was announced on 28 December that Novillo had gone into quarantine after contracting COVID-19.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Observatorio del Poder Legislativo en America Latina.
  2. News: Novillo, el primer gobernador . Los Tiempos . 2011-04-21 . 2010-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409215346/http://www.lostiempos.com/ustedelige/coyuntura/coyuntura/20100405/novillo-el-primer-gobernador_64726_117861.html . 2010-04-09 .
  3. Corte Nacional Electoral, Acto de Computo Nacional
  4. Web site: Canelas es Gobernador electo de Cochabamba - Periódico La Patria (Oruro - Bolivia). 2020-11-23. Periódico La Patria. es.
  5. Web site: Bolivia. Opinión. Exgobernador de Cochabamba asume el Ministerio de Defensa. 2020-11-23. Opinión Bolivia. es.
  6. Web site: Dos ministros, Revilla, Chapetón y Reyes Villa tienen coronavirus. 2021-01-05. www.paginasiete.bo. spanish.