Name Amilkar Medina Nationality Colombian | Party Colombian Liberal Party Spouse(s) Nydia Restrepo Herrera | |
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President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon Preceded by Luis Fernando Londono Capurro Role Minister of Mines and Energy Office Minister of Mines and Energy since 2013 Similar People Juan Manuel Santos, Ruben Dario Lizarrald, Alfonso Gomez Mendez | ||
Preceded by Federico Renjifo Velez | ||
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Amilkar David Acosta Medina (born 1 November 1950) is a Colombian economist, and the 31st Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A former member of the Board of Directors of Ecopetrol and of the National Federation of Biofuels, Acosta was professor of mining law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and had served as Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy from 1990 to 1991.
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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 in the post.
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