Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz (born September 9, 1972) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

In 2009, Medina ran for governor of Nuevo León; he won, defeating PAN candidate Fernando Elizondo Barragán.

He wanted to be governor of the state, but he was involved in the theft of medical equipment from a hospital, so he was forced to quit the campaign and move to Nuevo León.

[5] In Nuevo León, Medina worked for the González Parás administration and later decided to campaign for the state's government, which he won in 2009.

During an interview with Héctor Benavides, a nightly news host for the Multimedios TV network, Medina said debt was good for the people.