Rosy Bindi

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Minister of Family politics
Onorevole Maria Rosaria Bindi

Incumbent
Assumed office 17 May 2006
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Roberto Maroni
Minister of Health
In office May 17, 1996 – April 25, 2000
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Elio Guzzanti
Succeeded by	Umberto Veronesi

Born	February 12, 1951 (1951-02-12) (age 57) Sinalunga, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic Party

Maria Rosaria Bindi, best known as Rosy Bindi (born February 12, 1951) is an Italian politician, currently a member of the newly founded Democratic Party.

Born in Sinalunga (Tuscany), she graduated in Political science. She was next to the jurist Vittorio Bachelet when he was assassinated 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.

She is running for the leadership of the Democratic Party.

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Personal website (Italian)

Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 1994 - Present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Elio Guzzanti	Italian Minister of Health 1996 - 2000	Succeeded by Umberto Veronesi
Preceded by Roberto Maroni	Italian Minister of Family 2006 - 2008	Incumbent
Preceded by Title jointly held	Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 2008 - Present	Incumbent

v • d • e Prodi I Cabinet (1996 – 1998)

Veltroni \| Dini \| Napolitano \| Ciampi \| Visco \| Andreatta \| Flick \| Bersani \| Pinto \| Berlinguer \| Bindi \| Treu \| Di Pietro \| Costa \| Burlando \| Ronchi \| Maccanico \| Fantozzi \| Bassanini \| Turco \| Finocchiaro \| Bogi

v • d • e D'Alema I Cabinet (1998 – 1999)

Mattarella \| Bellillo \| Piazza \| Balbo \| Letta \| Folloni \| Amato \| Maccanico \| Turco \| Dini \| Iervolino \| Diliberto \| Ciampi \| Visco \| Scognamiglio \| Berlinguer \| Micheli \| De Castro \| Treu \| Cardinale \| Bersani \| Bassolino \| Salvi \| Fassino \| Bindi \| Ronchi \| Melandri \| Zecchino

v • d • e D'Alema II Cabinet (1999 – 2000)

Bellillo \| Bassanini \| Balbo \| Toia \| Loiero \| Maccanico \| Turco \| Dini \| Bianco \| Diliberto \| Amato \| Visco \| Matarella \| Berlinguer \| Bordon \| De Castro \| Bersani \| Cardinale \| Letta \| Salvi \| Fassino \| Bindi \| Melandri \| Ronchi \| Zecchino

v • d • e Prodi II Cabinet (2006 - 2008)

D'Alema \| Rutelli \| Amato \| Padoa-Schioppa \| Parisi \| Mastella \| Bersani \| De Castro \| Fioroni \| Mussi \| Turco \| Damiano \| Ferrero \| Di Pietro \| Bianchi \| Pecoraro Scanio \| Gentiloni \| Bonino \| Chiti \| Nicolais \| Lanzillotta \| Santagata \| Pollastrini \| Melandri \| Bindi