Edmundo Novillo | |
|---|---|
 Novillo in 2011 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 9 November 2020 –8 November 2025 | |
| President | Luis Arce |
| Preceded by | Luis Fernando López |
| Succeeded by | Raúl Salinas |
| 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 ArcéZaconeta |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Cochabamba | |
| In office 6 August 2002 –22 January 2010 | |
| Constituency | Circumscription 29 [1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmundo Novillo Aguilar 28 January 1963 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. [2] 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]
