He was appointed Communications Secretary by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2011, and served as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina from December 2011 to November 2013.

[2] Upon Abal Medina's return to Argentina, he enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, and earned a licenciatura degree in Political Science in 1994.

The post made him the chief spokesperson for the President, and gave him aegis over the public relations offices of other important government bureaus.

[5] In 2012, Medina and National Treasury Attorney Angelina Abbona filed a complaint against judge Luis Antonio Armella, head of Federal Court No.

1 of Quilmes, because a group of companies linked to him had obtained valuable contracts for the cleanup of the Matanza River basin without bidding.