Amilkar Acosta Medina

Amilkar David Acosta Medina
Amylkar Acosta Medina
31st Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia
Assumed office
11 September 2013 (2013-09-11)
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded byFederico 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 byLuis Fernando Londoño Capurro
Succeeded byFabio Valencia Cossio
Personal details
Born (1950-11-01) 1 November 1950
Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseNydia Restrepo Herrera
Children
  • Camilo Ernesto Acosta Restrepo
  • Juan David Acosta Restrepo
Alma materUniversity of Antioquia
ProfessionEconomist
Websitewww.amylkaracosta.net

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 a professor of mining law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and had served as Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy from 1990 to 1991.