Manfred Reyes Villa

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 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.

Early life Villa was born on 19 April 1955 in La Paz, Bolivia. Villa is the son of Armando Reyes Villa, who was the Minister of Defense during Luis García Meza's dictatorship. From February to April 1976, he attended courses at the School of the Americas as a cadet in Combat Arms Basic C-2. According to the newspaper Hoy, Villa was involved in the Harrington Street Massacre of 1981, where eight members of the MIR-NM were killed.

Political career Villa returned soon after to Bolivia in the early 1990s to join the Nationalist Democratic Action.

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.

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