Benjamin Medrano
| Benjamín Medrano Quezada | |
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| Federal deputy for the First Federal Electoral District of Zacatecas | |
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Assumed office 29 August 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Adolfo Bonilla Gómez |
| Municipal president of Fresnillo, Zacatecas | |
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In office 15 September 2013 – 6 November 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Cecilia del Muro |
| Succeeded by | Gilberto Eduardo Dévora Hernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 16, 1966 Nochistlán, Zacatecas |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party |
.svg){kind=small} PRI (2011-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
.svg){kind=small} PT (until 2011) |
| Alma mater | Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Benjamín Medrano Quezada is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as state congressman from (2010 to 2013) and, on 7 July 2013, he was elected municipal president of Fresnillo, the largest municipality in the state of Zacatecas.
According to press reports, he became the first openly gay citizen in the history of Mexico to be elected municipal president, being elected municipal president of Fresnillo, Zacatecas. He did not, however, became the first openly-gay Mexican citizen to be elected to a political post, as the country has elected openly-gay and lesbian congresspeople since 1997.
Born into a poor family with eleven siblings in Nochistlán, Zacatecas, Medrano toured both Mexico and the United States as a musician for María Victoria and Angélica María. Years later, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Law and, at the age of 21, lead a local chapter of a trade union for professional musicians. Eventually, he became a businessman, recording several albums of ballads and ranchera music and establishing a gay nightclub around 1994.
He joined politics in 1995 as a city councilor in the state capital of Zacatecas City; three years later, he became an ally of Ricardo Monreal; an influential politician in the state who had quit the PRI to continue his career in several parties of the political left. Years later, Medrano became chief adviser for governor Amalia García of the PRD. He joined the cabinet of David Monreal (a brother of Ricardo) in the city council of Fresnillo and in 2010 became a state deputy for the Labor Party (PT), but left the organization in 2011 when the party elected someone else to run for federal deputy in his political district. He remained in the legislature and also presided over the Finance Commission.
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