Rosy Bindi

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Maria Rosaria Bindi, best known as Rosy Bindi (born February 12, 1951) is an Italian politician, currently a member of the Daisy centre party.

Born in Sinalunga (Tuscany), she graduated in Political science. She was next to the jurist Vittorio Bachelet when he was assainated by the Red Brigades in 1980. She held the position of vice-president of Azione Cattolica, the most popular Italian Catholic lay association, from 1984 to 1989. In the latter year she entered Democrazia Cristiana (DC) party.

After the dissolution of DC, she became a leading exponent of Olive Tree, the left-centre coalition led by Romano Prodi. In 1996, after the latter's victory in the general elections, she was named Minister of Health, a position she held also in the following government led by Massimo D'Alema.

In the 2001 general elections she was elected for the third time to the Chamber of Deputies in the college of Cortona. After the victory of the Olive Tree in the 2006 Italian general election, she became Minister of Family.