Amilkar Acosta Medina
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.
Amilkar David Acosta Medina | |
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Amylkar Acosta Medina | |
| 31st Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2013 | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Preceded by | Federico Renjifo Vélez |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 12 December 1991 – 20 July 2002 | |
| President of the Senate of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 1997 – 20 July 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Fernando Londoño Capurro |
| Succeeded by | Fabio Valencia Cossio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1950 Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Nydia Restrepo Herrera |
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| Alma mater | University of Antioquia |
| Profession | Economist |
| Website | www |
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