| Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar | |
| Office: | Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia |
| Order: | 3rd |
| Predecessor: | Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara |
| President: | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Successor: | Gabriel Vallejo |
| Birth Place: | Girón, Santander, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Alma Mater: | Industrial University of Santander |
| Profession: | Geologist |
Luz Helena Sarmiento Villamizar is a Colombian geologist,[1] and a former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. The former Director of the National Authority of Environmental Licenses (ANLA);[2] a Colombian government agency in charge of licensing mining, energy, and infrastructure projects; she graduated from the Industrial University of Santander,[1] and previously worked in the energy sector.
On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Sarmiento as the new Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.[3] [4] Sarmiento was sworn in on 11 September succeeding Juan Gabriel Uribe Vegalara in the post.[5] She was succeeded by Gabriel Vallejo as Minister of Environment in August 2014.