Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (born March 13, 1949) is a Colombian lawyer and politician.

On August 11, 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón appointed Esguerra Minister of Justice and Law of Colombia.

Born to José María Esguerra Samper and Ana Portocarrero Mutis on March 13.

1949 in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia;[1] he married Julia Miranda Londoño, on December 10, 1982 whom he met while she was a law student and he her law professor at the Pontifical Xavierian University.

His wife is the current Director of the National Natural Parks System of Colombia.