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. 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. References External links 20th-century Colombian economists Colombian Liberal Party politicians Members of the Senate of Colombia Presidents of the Senate of Colombia Universidad Externado de Colombia faculty Ministers of Mines and Energy of Colombia 1950 births Living people People from La Guajira Department University of Antioquia alumni 21st-century Colombian economists