Francisco Medina (1870-1945) was an Argentine military man who served as Minister of War during the presidency of José Félix Uriburu.

[1] He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Francisco Medina, born in Montevideo, and Rosa Buasso, daughter of a Genoese family.

[2] He was married to Elvira Lamela Canavery,[3] daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Baldomero Lamela Luengo, and Elvira Canavery, belonging to a family of Irish descent.

He spent most of his military career in southern Argentina, where he participated in the last military campaigns of the Conquest of the Desert.

[4] General Francisco Medina took an active part in the de facto government of José Félix Uriburu and Agustín Pedro Justo.