| Agency Name: | Ministry of Environment |
| Nativename: | Ministerio de Ambiente |
| Preceding1: | National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment (INDERENA) |
| Superseding: | Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development |
| Jurisdiction: | Central government of Colombia |
| Headquarters: | Bogotá, D.C. |
| Agency Type: | Environment |
| Keydocument1: | Ley 99 de 1993 |
The Ministry of Environment was the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with determining and regulating the standards and guidelines for the protection of the environment, investigate and implement environmental policies.[1] As part of a wider cabinet reshuffle in 2002, the ministry was given the housing and land management portfolios, becoming the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.[2]
As of 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos talked about the need to separate the Ministry again to once again bring environmental protection and sustainability in par with the needs of the nation and its importance to government.[3]
| Order | Period | Ministers of Environment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1994-1994 | Manuel Rodríguez Becerra | |
| 2nd | 1994–1995 | Cecilia López Montaño | |
| 3rd | 1995–1997 | José Vicente Mogollón | |
| 4th | 1997–1998 | Eduardo Verano de la Rosa | |
| 5th | 1998–2002 | Juan Mayr Maldonado | |
| 6th | 2002–2003 | Cecilia Rodríguez González-Rubio |