Amilkar Acosta Medina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Amilkar Acosta Medina

Columbian economist

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1950

Place of Birth: Riohacha, La Guajira Department, Colombia

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Amilkar David Acosta Medina (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, Acosta was professor of mining law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and had served as Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy from 1990 to 1991.