Diego Andrés Molano Aponte (born 29 June 1970) is a Colombian politician and business administrator who served as the Minister of National Defense from February 2021 to August 2022 under president Ivan Duque.

[3][4] Diego Andrés Molano Aponte was born in Bogotá on 29 June 1970.

He studied business administration at the Del Rosario University,[5] specialized in international integration and then he earned his master's degree at Columbia University.

[3] He was a professor and a researcher at the Del Rosario University, where he published a book called Inter-Agency Coordination as a Generator of Public Value and Social Transformation.

[6] On 1 February 2021 Molano was named minister of national defense of Colombia.