Edmundo Novillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Novillo and the second or maternal family name is Aguilar.

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.

Edmundo Novillo
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[1]
Personal details
Born	Edmundo Novillo Aguilar (1963-01-28) 28 January 1963 (age 62) Totora, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Political party	Movement for Socialism

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]