Carlos Medina Plascencia (b. August 14, 1955 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the conservative National Action Party (PAN). He is a former mayor of León, senator and interim governor of Guanajuato (1991 – 1995). In 2005 he ran for president of the PAN but lost against Manuel Espino Barrientos. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... León (formally: León de los Aldama) is the most populous city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. ... The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Medina Plascencia 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. ITESM is the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, located in Monterrey, Mexico, also known as the Tec de Monterrey, or simply el Tec. The name is translated into English as the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies. It is the most important business school in Latin... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1985 he joined the National Action Party and a year later was elected city councillor of León. Three years later he won the mayorship of the municipality. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He is married to Martha Padilla Vega.
Source:Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano, Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992.
Medina accused Zedillo of engaging in "totally vacuous rhetoric" while millions of Mexicans sank deeper into poverty.
Some commentators say it was not so much what Medina said as the way he said it that was shocking in a country where extreme courtesy is the norm.
Critics say Medina, as the representative of all parties in Congress, did not behave in a statesmanlike fashion because he exploited the situation for political gain.
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