Manfred Reyes Villa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Reyes Villa and the second or maternal family name is Bacigalupi.
This Spanish surname is barreled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Reyes Villa, not Reyes.
Manfred Reyes Villa
Reyes Villa in 2023
Mayor of Cochabamba
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2021
Preceded byIvan Tellería (interim)
In office
10 January 1994 – 24 April 2000
Preceded byHumberto Coronel Rivas
Succeeded byGonzalo Gabriel
Terceros Rojas (interim)
Prefect of Cochabamba
In office
23 January 2006 – 10 August 2008
Preceded byWalter Céspedes Ramallo
Succeeded byRafael Puente (interim)
Personal details
BornManfred Armando Antonio Reyes Villa Bacigalupi
(1955-04-19) 19 April 1955 (age 70)
La Paz, Bolivia
PartyAPB Súmate (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
SpousePatricia Avilés
Children7
Parents
  • Armando Reyes Villa
  • Rosario Bacigalupi
EducationMilitary College of the Army
WebsiteCampaign website
Military service
Allegiance Bolivia
Branch Bolivian Army
Service years1977–1986
RankCaptain

Manfred Armando Antonio Reyes Villa Bacigalupi (born 19 April 1955) is a Bolivian politician, businessman, and former military officer. He was the mayor of the city of Cochabamba[1] from 1994 to 2000, and became the elected Prefect of the Department of Cochabamba from 2006 until 2008 when he was recalled in that year's no confidence referendum.[2][3]

Early life

Villa was born on 19 April 1955 in La Paz, Bolivia.[4] Villa is the son of Armando Reyes Villa, who was the Minister of Defense during Luis García Meza's dictatorship.[5] From February to April 1976, he attended courses at the School of the Americas as a cadet in Combat Arms Basic C-2.[5]

Afterwards, he became a military attaché at the Bolivian embassies in Brazil and the United States, and was an aide to Luis García Meza.[6] According to the newspaper Hoy, Villa was involved in the Harrington Street Massacre of 1981, where eight members of the MIR-NM were killed.[6] He retired from the military in 1986 and settled in the United States, where he pursued a career in business administration and became Vice President of the Crawford International Silver Spring in Maryland.[7]

Political career

Villa returned soon after to Bolivia in the early 1990s to join the Nationalist Democratic Action.[7] Eventually, he convinced the party to establish an alliance with the center-left Free Bolivia Movement.[7] In 1992, he assumed the vice-presidency of the Municipal Council of Cochabamba, before being elected mayor of the city the following year.[8]

He was an unsuccessful candidate for president in both 2002 and 2009, being the runner-up in the latter. In 2009, he relocated to the United States, living in Miami for nearly 10 years.[9]

Reyes Villa successfully ran for mayor of Cochabamba once again in the 2021 Bolivian regional elections, winning with 55% of the popular vote.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Goldstein, Daniel M. (2004). The Spectacular City: Violence and Performance in Urban Bolivia. Duke University Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 9780822333708.
  2. ^ "Bolivia.- Evo Morales designa a Pablo Ramos y Rafael Puente prefectos interinos en La Paz y Cochabamba". Europa Press. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Bolivia: Elecciones de Prefectos 2005". pdba.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Manfred Reyes Villa es el mejor alcalde de la historia de Cochabamba". BOLIVIA PRENSA (in European Spanish). 11 September 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ukhampacha Bolivia: Portrait of a Recycled Military Officer". Ukhampacha Bolivia. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ a b "Cochabamba. Enero Negro: 16 años de impunidad". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). 11 January 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "Manfred Reyes Villa, candidato presidencial de Nueva Fuerza Republicana | Noticias | elmundo.es". El Mundo. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Manfred ve el final de su carrera política; sus detractores creen que es una estrategia - Agencias de Noticias Fides". Agencia de Noticias Fides (in Spanish). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Bolivia: opositor "huyó" a EE.UU". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 5 January 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Tras apelación, TSE habilita Manfred Reyes Villa como candidato a la alcaldía de Cochabamba". www.noticiasfides.com.
  11. ^ "Manfred Reyes Villa gana la Alcaldía de Cochabamba con el 55,63%".


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