Ministry of Mines and Energy
Ministerio de Minas y Energía
Ministry overview
Formed10 April 1974 (1974-04-10)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Mines and Petroleum
HeadquartersCalle 43 № 57-31
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
04°38′48.47″N 74°05′42.85″W / 4.6467972°N 74.0952361°W / 4.6467972; -74.0952361
Annual budgetCOP$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
Child agencies
  • ANM
  • ANH
  • CREG
  • IPSE
  • SGC
  • UPME
Websitewww.minminas.gov.co

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.

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 Present

References

  1. ^ Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (48, 283): 8. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (48, 640): 9. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (49, 001): 6. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Por no tomar medidas, Santos acepta renuncia de Ministro de Minas" [For Not Taking Action, Santos Accepts Resignation of Minister of Mines]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ^ "María Lorena Gutiérrez, clave para superar problemas del sistema eléctrico" [María Lorena Gutiérrez, Key to Overcoming Problems with the Electrical System]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). Barranquilla. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. ^ "¿Quién es Germán Arce, el nuevo ministro de Minas y Energía?" [Who is Germán Arce, the New Minister of Mines and Energy?]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). 19 April 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. ^ "María Fernanda Suárez, ministra de Minas y Energía del gobierno Duque" [María Fernanda Suárez, the Duque Government's Minister of Mines and Energy]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.


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