Carlos Medina Plascencia

Carlos Medina Plascencia
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 September 1999 – 30 September 1999
Preceded byVictorio Montalvo Rojas
Succeeded byFrancisco José Paoli Bolio
Governor of Guanajuato
In office
3 November 1991 – 25 June 1995
Preceded byRafael Corrales Ayala
Succeeded byVicente Fox
Personal details
Born (1955-08-14) 14 August 1955 (age 69)
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Political partyNational Action Party
Spouse
Martha Padilla Vega
(m. 1977)
OccupationPolitician and academic

Carlos Medina Plascencia (born 14 August 1955 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (PAN). He is a former mayor of León, senator and interim governor of Guanajuato (1991 – 1995). He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1999.[1] In 2005 he ran for president of the PAN but lost against Manuel Espino.

He is the son of Carlos Medina Torres and María del Carmen Plascencia Fonseca. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM), where he worked as a professor from 1980 to 1981. In 1985, he joined the National Action Party and a year later was elected city councilor of León. Three years later he won the mayorship of the municipality.

  1. ^ Enciclopedia Política de México 9 Tomo V. (PDF). Senade de la República - Instituto Belisario Domínguez. 2010.