Politician. He was an Italian politician, who served in a host of positions during a long career as well as being an economist. Born in Sassuolo to Agostino Medici and Ersilia Messori, he was the second of four children. In 1926, after graduating as a surveyor at the Guarini Institute in Modena, he enrolled at the Agricultural Institute in Milan, where he graduated in Agricultural Sciences in 1929. He briefly taught at the Technical Institute for Surveyors in Piacenza. In 1932 he was a lecturer in agricultural economics and politics at the University of Bologna. In 1933 he won the competition for the chair at the University of Perugia and was then called to teach at the University of Turin. In 1934 he published the "Introduction to Agrarian Estimation", a prelude to the "Principles of Estimation" of 1948, a text adopted in numerous schools. In that same year he married Grazia Fiandri, with whom he had three children. In 1940 he wrote numerous agricultural voices in the "Dictionary of Politics of the National Fascist Party." He was head of the Research Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, actively participated in the drafting of the civil code of 1942. In July of 1943 he took part in the work that led to the drafting of the Code of Camaldoli. Initially close to the Italian Liberal Party, Medici then decided to join the Christian Democracy. In 1948 he was elected Senator and held office until 1976. He served numerous times as Minister: he was Minister of Agriculture (Fanfani I Cabinet and Scelba Cabinet), Minister of Treasury (Leone II Cabinet and Andreotti II Cabinet), Minister of Budget (Fanfani II Cabinet), Minister of Public Education (Segni II Cabinet), Minister of Public Administration (Fanfani IV Cabinet), Minister of Industry (Moro I Cabinet and Moro II Cabinet) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Andreotti II Cabinet). He declined to run for re-election in 1976. Following his retirement from politics, he served as a professor emeritus at Sapienza University of Rome.