| Roberto Gerlein Echeverría | |
| Office: | Senator of Colombia |
| Order2: | 10th |
| Office2: | Ministry of Economic Development (Colombia)Minister of Economic Development of Colombia |
| Term End2: | 1983 |
| President2: | Belisario Betancur Cuartas |
| Predecessor2: | Gabriel Melo Guevara |
| Successor2: | Rodrigo Marín Bernal |
| Order3: | 42nd |
| Office3: | Governor of Atlántico |
| Term Start3: | 1974 |
| Term End3: | 1975 |
| President3: | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Predecessor3: | José Tcherassi Guzmán |
| Successor3: | Rafael Maldonado de Castro |
| Office4: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia |
| Constituency4: | Atlántico |
| Birth Name: | Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría |
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
| Party: | Conservative (after 2006) |
| Otherparty: | National Movement (1998–2006) |
| Relations: | Jorge Alberto Gerlein Echeverría (brother) |
| Children: | María Alexandra Gerlein DaMarco |
| Alma Mater: | Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, LLD) |
Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría (18 November 1938 – 23 December 2021) was a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Conservative party politician, he was the longest-serving and most senior Member of the Senate of Colombia having been first elected in 1974. During his long political career, he served also as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives (1968–1974), as the 10th Colombian Minister of Economic Development, and as the 42nd Governor of Atlántico.[1] [2] He died in Barranquilla on 23 December 2021, at the age of 83.[3]