Amilkar David Acosta Medina (born 1 November 1950) is a Colombian economist, and the 31st

Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia The Ministry of Mines and Energy ( es, Ministerio de Minas y Energía) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia that oversees the regulation of the mining and mineral industry and the electricity sector in Colombia, it i ...

, serving in the administration of President

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade ...

. A former member of the Board of Directors of

Ecopetrol Ecopetrol, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A. ( en, Colombian Petroleum Co.) is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia. As a result of its continuous growth, Ecopetrol forms part of the Fortune Global 500 and w ...

and of the National Federation of Biofuels, Acosta was professor of

mining law Mining law is the branch of law relating to the legal requirements affecting minerals and mining. Mining law covers several basic topics, including the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them. Mining is also affected by various r ...

at the

Universidad Externado de Colombia The Universidad Externado de Colombia (Externado University of Colombia) is a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. It has produced graduates including lawyers, academics, judges, financiers, journalists, as well as senior government officials a ...

, and had served as Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy from 1990 to 1991.

Minister of Mines and Energy

On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Acosta as the new Minister of Mines and Energy. Acosta was sworn in on 11 September succeeding

Federico Renjifo Vélez Federico Alonso Renjifo Vélez is the 25th Ambassador of Colombia to France dually accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador of Colombia to Algeria and Monaco. A Colombian lawyer and economist, he also served as the 30th Minister of Mines and Energ ...

in the post.

References

External links

* 20th-century Colombian economists Colombian Liberal Party politicians Members of the Senate of Colombia Presidents of the Senate of Colombia Academic staff of Universidad Externado de Colombia Ministers of Mines and Energy of Colombia 1950 births Living people People from La Guajira Department University of Antioquia alumni 21st-century Colombian economists {{Colombia-politician-stub