Amilkar Acosta Medina

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Acosta and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Amilkar David Acosta Medina
31st Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia
Assumed office
11 September 2013 (2013-09-11)
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Federico Renjifo Vélez
Senator of Colombia
In office
12 December 1991 (1991-12-12) – 20 July 2002 (2002-07-20)
President of the Senate of Colombia
In office
20 July 1997 (1997-07-20) – 20 July 1998 (1998-07-20)
Preceded by Luis Fernando Londoño Capurro
Succeeded by Fabio Valencia Cossio
Personal details
Born (1950-11-01) 1 November 1950 (age 73)
Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Nydia Restrepo Herrera
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  • Camilo Ernesto Acosta Restrepo
  • Juan David Acosta Restrepo
Alma mater University of Antioquia
Profession Economist
Religion Roman Catholic
Website www.amylkaracosta.net

Amilkar David Acosta Medina[1] (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,[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6] Acosta was sworn in on 11 September succeeding Federico Renjifo Vélez in the post.[7]

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