| Agency Name: | Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible |
| Formed: | [1] |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development |
| Headquarters: | Calle 37 № 8-40 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 4.6254°N -74.0669°W |
| Budget: | COP$318,331,457,988 (2014)[2] |
| Chief1 Name: | Susana Muhamad |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister |
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia in charge of formulating, implementing, and orienting environmental policy to ensure the sustainable development of the country.[3]
| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President(s) served under | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Rodríguez Becerra | November 6, 1993 | January 8, 1996 | César Gaviria | |
| Cecilia López | January 8, 1996 | April 4, 1997 | Ernesto Samper | |
| Eduardo Verano de la Rosa | April 4, 1997 | August 7, 1998 | ||
| Juan Mayr | August 7, 1998 | August 7, 2002 | Andrés Pastrana | |
| Cecilia Rodríguez | August 7, 2002 | October 28, 2003 | Álvaro Uribe | |
| Sandra Suárez | October 28, 2003 | August 7, 2007 | ||
| Juan Lozano Ramírez | August 7, 2007 | May 23, 2008 | ||
| Carlos Costa | May 23, 2008 | August 7, 2010 | ||
| Beatriz Uribe | August 7, 2010 | September 27, 2011 | Juan Manuel Santos | |
| Frank Pearl | September 27, 2011 | September 21, 2012 | ||
| Juan Gabriel Uribe | September 21, 2012 | September 11, 2013 | ||
| Luz Helena Sarmiento | September 11, 2013 | August 11, 2014 | ||
| Gabriel Vallejo | August 11, 2014 | April 26, 2016 | ||
| Luis Gilberto Murillo | April 26, 2016 | August 7, 2018 | ||
| Ricardo Lozano | August 7, 2018 | October 4, 2020 | Iván Duque | |
| Carlos Eduardo Correa | October 4, 2020 | August 7, 2022 | ||
| Susana Muhamad | August 7, 2022 | Incumbent | Gustavo Petro |