Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz (born 1972) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He is the current Governor of Nuevo León. Medina's political career has been linked to Jose Natividad Gonzalez Paras to whom he served in different positions. In 2006 Medina was elected federal deputy representing the 2nd federal electoral district in Nuevo Leon. In 2009 Medina ran for Governor of Nuevo Leon; he won defeating PAN candidate Fernando Elizondo Barragan. Medina took office as Governor of Nuevo Leon on October 4, 2009. Since that day, violence and corruption are common in Nuevo Leon.