The Ministry of Mines and Energy () 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 NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident(s) served underGerardo Silva13 April 19747 August 1974Misael Pastrana BorreroEduardo del Hierro7 August 197410 July 1975 Alfonso López MichelsenJuan José Turbay10 July 197518 November 1975Jaime García Parra18 November 197527 January 1977Miguel Urrutia Montoya27 January 19773 October 1977Eduardo Gaitán3 October 19777 August 1978Alberto Vásquez7 August 197814 May 1980 Julio César TurbayHumberto Ávila14 May 198012 March 1981Carlos Rodado Noriega12 March 19817 August 1982Carlos Martínez Simahan7 August 198211 July 1984Belisario BetancurÁlvaro Leyva20 July 198417 June 1985Iván Duque Escobar17 June 19857 August 1986Guillermo Perry Rubio 7 August 198619 August 1988Virgilio BarcoÓscar Mejía Vallejo 19 August 19881989Margarita Mena 19897 August 1990Luis Fernando Vergara 7 August 199013 November 1991César GaviriaJuan Camilo Restrepo13 November 19915 July 1992Guido Nule Amín 5 July 19927 August 1994Jorge Eduardo Cock 7 August 19941995Ernesto SamperRodrigo Villamizar Alvargonzález19951997Carlos Compte (acting)19971997Orlando José Cabrales Martinez19977 August 1998Luis Carlos Valenzuela 7 August 19982000Andrés Pastrana Carlos Eduardo Caballero20002001 Luis Ramiro Valencia Cossio200112 November 2001Luisa Fernanda Lafaurie Rivera12 November 20017 August 2002Luis Ernesto Mejía Castro7 August 200211 July 2006Álvaro UribeHernán Martínez11 July 20067 August 2010Carlos Rodado Noriega 7 August 201023 September 2011Juan Manuel SantosMauricio Cárdenas23 September 20113 September 2012Federico Rejinfo3 September 201210 September 2013Almikar Acosta10 September 201319 August 2014Tomás González Estrada19 August 20149 March 2016María Lorena Gutiérrez (acting)9 March 201620 April 2016Germán Arce20 April 20167 August 2018María Fernanda Suárez7 August 201825 June 2020Iván DuqueDiego Mesa Puyo25 June 20207 August 2022Irene Vélez11 August 202219 July 2023Gustavo PetroOmar Andrés Camacho4 August 202327 February 2025Edwin Palma27 February 2025Present

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