Manfred Reyes Villa (born April 20, 1954) is a Bolivian politician, who was mayor of Cochabamba four times in a row and ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2002 and 2009 against Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and Evo Morales Ayma. He founded and led the Nueva Fuerza Republicana (New Republican Force) political party. He was also elected as the Governor of Cochabamba, Bolivia, and served from 2006 until his 2008 revocation referendum which was unconstitutional. He is currently living in the United States.
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