| Agency Name: | Ministry of Mines and Energy |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Minas y Energía |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Mines and Petroleum |
| Headquarters: | Calle 43 № 57-31 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 4.6468°N -74.0952°W |
| Budget: | COP$2,063,543,897,000 (2012)[1] COP$2,656,258,850,000 (2013)[2] COP$2,329,515,413,000 (2014)[3] |
| Chief1 Name: | Irene Vélez Torres |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister |
| Child1 Agency: | ANM |
| Child2 Agency: | ANH |
| Child3 Agency: | CREG |
| Child4 Agency: | IPSE |
| Child5 Agency: | SGC |
| Child6 Agency: | UPME |
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Minas y Energía) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia that oversees the regulation of the mining and mineral industry and the electricity sector in Colombia, it is similar in its duties to other energy ministries of other countries.
| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President(s) served under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerardo Silva | 13 April 1974 | 7 August 1974 | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
| Eduardo del Hierro | 7 August 1974 | 10 July 1975 | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Juan José Turbay | 10 July 1975 | 18 November 1975 | |
| Jaime García Parra | 18 November 1975 | 27 January 1977 | |
| Miguel Urrutia Montoya | 27 January 1977 | 3 October 1977 | |
| Eduardo Gaitán | 3 October 1977 | 7 August 1978 | |
| Alberto Vásquez | 7 August 1978 | 14 May 1980 | Julio César Turbay |
| Humberto Ávila | 14 May 1980 | 12 March 1981 | |
| Carlos Rodado Noriega | 12 March 1981 | 7 August 1982 | |
| Carlos Martínez Simahan | 7 August 1982 | 11 July 1984 | Belisario Betancur |
| Álvaro Leyva | 20 July 1984 | 17 June 1985 | |
| Iván Duque Escobar | 17 June 1985 | 7 August 1986 | |
| Guillermo Perry Rubio | 7 August 1986 | 19 August 1988 | Virgilio Barco |
| Óscar Mejía Vallejo | 19 August 1988 | 1989 | |
| Margarita Mena | 1989 | 7 August 1990 | |
| Luis Fernando Vergara | 7 August 1990 | 13 November 1991 | César Gaviria |
| Juan Camilo Restrepo | 13 November 1991 | 5 July 1992 | |
| Guido Nule Amín | 5 July 1992 | 7 August 1994 | |
| Jorge Eduardo Cock | 7 August 1994 | 1995 | Ernesto Samper |
| Rodrigo Villamizar Alvargonzález | 1995 | 1997 | |
| Carlos Compte (acting) | 1997 | 1997 | |
| Orlando José Cabrales Martinez | 1997 | 7 August 1998 | |
| Luis Carlos Valenzuela | 7 August 1998 | 2000 | Andrés Pastrana |
| Carlos Eduardo Caballero | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Luis Ramiro Valencia Cossio | 2001 | 12 November 2001 | |
| Luisa Fernanda Lafaurie Rivera | 12 November 2001 | 7 August 2002 | |
| Luis Ernesto Mejía Castro | 7 August 2002 | 11 July 2006 | Álvaro Uribe |
| Hernán Martínez | 11 July 2006 | 7 August 2010 | |
| 7 August 2010 | 23 September 2011 | Juan Manuel Santos | |
| Mauricio Cárdenas | 23 September 2011 | 3 September 2012 | |
| Federico Rejinfo | 3 September 2012 | 10 September 2013 | |
| Almikar Acosta | 10 September 2013 | 19 August 2014 | |
| Tomás González Estrada[4] | 19 August 2014 | 9 March 2016 | |
| María Lorena Gutiérrez[5] (acting) | 9 March 2016 | 20 April 2016 | |
| Germán Arce[6] | 20 April 2016 | 7 August 2018 | |
| María Fernanda Suárez[7] | 7 August 2018 | 25 June 2020 | Iván Duque |
| Diego Mesa Puyo | 25 June 2020 | 7 August 2022 | |
| Irene Vélez | 11 August 2022 | 19 July 2023 | Gustavo Petro |
| Omar Andrés Camacho | 4 August 2023 | Present |