Ministry of Mines and Energy (Colombia)

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (Spanish: 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.

Ministry of Mines and Energy

Ministerio de Minas y Energía
Ministry overview
Formed	10 April 1974 (1974-04-10)
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Mines and Petroleum
Headquarters	Calle 43 № 57-31 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 04°38′48.47″N 74°05′42.85″W
Annual 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]
Ministry executive	Edwin Palma, Minister of Mines and Energy
Child agencies	ANM ANH CREG IPSE SGC UPME
Website	www.minminas.gov.co

List of ministers

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
Carlos Rodado Noriega	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	27 February 2025
Edwin Palma	27 February 2025	Present