Carlos Medina Plascencia | |
Office: | President of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start: | 1 September 1999 |
Term End: | 30 September 1999 |
Predecessor: | Victorio Montalvo Rojas |
Successor: | Francisco José Paoli Bolio |
Office2: | Governor of Guanajuato |
Term Start2: | 3 November 1991 |
Term End2: | 25 June 1995 |
Predecessor2: | Rafael Corrales Ayala |
Successor2: | Vicente Fox |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1955 |
Birth Place: | León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
Party: | National Action Party |
Occupation: | Politician 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.