| Amilkar David Acosta Medina | |
| Order: | 31st |
| Office: | Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia |
| President: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Predecessor: | Federico Renjifo Vélez |
| Office2: | Senator of Colombia |
| Office3: | President of the Senate of Colombia |
| Successor3: | Fabio Valencia Cossio |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Spouse: | Nydia Restrepo Herrera |
| Alma Mater: | University of Antioquia |
| Profession: | Economist |
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 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.[4]
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]