Edmundo Novillo

Edmundo Novillo
Minister of Defense
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 November 2020
PresidentLuis Arce
Preceded byLuis Fernando López
1st Governor of Cochabamba
In office
30 May 2010 – 31 May 2015
Preceded byJorge Ledezma (as prefect)
Succeeded byIván Canelas
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
22 January 2006 – 22 January 2010
Preceded byNorah Soruco
Succeeded byHéctor Enrique Arcé Zaconeta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from Cochabamba
In office
6 August 2002 – 22 January 2010
ConstituencyCircumscription 29[1]
Personal details
Born
Edmundo Novillo Aguilar

(1963-01-28) 28 January 1963 (age 61)
Totora, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Political partyMovement for Socialism

Edmundo Novillo Aguilar (born 28 January 1963 in Totora, Campero Province, Cochabamba) 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]

References

  1. ^ "Observatorio del Poder Legislativo en America Latina".
  2. ^ a b "Novillo, el primer gobernador". Los Tiempos. 2010-04-05. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  3. ^ Corte Nacional Electoral, Acto de Computo Nacional Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Canelas es Gobernador electo de Cochabamba - Periódico La Patria (Oruro - Bolivia)". Periódico La Patria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. ^ Bolivia, Opinión. "Exgobernador de Cochabamba asume el Ministerio de Defensa". Opinión Bolivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. ^ "Dos ministros, Revilla, Chapetón y Reyes Villa tienen coronavirus". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
Offices and distinctions
Political offices
Preceded by
Norah Soruco
President of the Chamber of Deputies
2006–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jorge Ledezma
as prefect
Governor of Cochabamba
2010–2015
Succeeded by
Iván Canelas
Vacant
Title last held by
Luis Fernando López
Minister of Defense
2020–present
Incumbent
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Cabinet of President Luis Arce (2020–present)
Vice President
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of the Presidency
Minister of Government
Minister of Defense
  • Edmundo Novillo (2020–present)
Minister of Development
  • Gabriela Mendoza (2020–present)
Minister of Economy
  • Marcelo Montenegro (2020–present)
Minister of Hydrocarbons
  • Franklin Molina Ortiz (2020–present)
Minister of Productive Development
  • Néstor Huanca Chura (2020–present)
Minister of Public Works
Minister of Mining
  • Ramiro Villavicencio (2020–present)
Minister of Justice
Minister of Work
  • Verónica Navia Tejada (2020–present)
Minister of Health
Minister of Environment
  • Juan Santos Cruz (2020–present)
Minister of Education
Minister of Rural Development
  • Wilson Cáceres (2020)
  • Edwin Characayo (2020–2021)
  • Remmy Gonzales (2021–present)
Minister of Cultures


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