Amilkar David Acosta Medina[1] (born 1 November 1950) is a Colombian economist, and the 31st Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.

A former member of the Board of Directors of Ecopetrol and of the National Federation of Biofuels,[2][3] Acosta was a professor of mining law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and had served as Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy from 1990 to 1991.

[4] On 5 September 2013, as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, President Santos announced the appointment of Acosta as the new Minister of Mines and Energy.

[5][6] Acosta was sworn in on 11 September, succeeding Federico Renjifo Vélez in the post.

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