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.
| Ministerio de Minas y Energía | |
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| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 10 April 1974 |
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| Headquarters | Calle 43 № 57-31 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 04°38′48.47″N 74°05′42.85″W / 4.6467972°N 74.0952361°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] |
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| Website | www |
List of ministers
edit| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President(s) served under |
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| 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
edit- ^ Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 283). Bogotá: 8. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 9. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (49, 001). Bogotá: 6. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "¿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.
- ^ "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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