Rosy Bindi

The Honourable Maria Rosaria "Rosy" Bindi

Italian Minister of Family
In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Roberto Maroni
Minister of Health
In office 17 May 1996 – 25 April 2000
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Elio Guzzanti
Succeeded by	Umberto Veronesi
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-12) 12 February 1951 Sinalunga, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic (2007– ) Democracy is Freedom (2002–2007) Italian People's Party (1994–2002) Christian Democratic (1989–1994)
Profession	Political scientist
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Maria Rosaria Bindi, best known as Rosy Bindi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈrɔːzi ˈbindi]) (born 12 February 1951), is an Italian politician and the current President of the Antimafia Commission.

Career

Born in Sinalunga (Tuscany), she graduated in political science. She was standing near the lawyer 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, the year she joined the Christian Democracy (DC) party.

After the dissolution of the DC party, Bindi joined the Italian People's Party and became a leading figure in The Olive Tree, the broad left-to-centre coalition led by Romano Prodi. Following the coalition's victory in the 1996 general election, she was named Minister of Health, a position she held also in the following governments led by Massimo D'Alema.

In the 2001 general election she was elected for the third time to the Chamber of Deputies in the college of Cortona representing Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. After the victory of The Union in the 2006 Italian general election, she became Minister for the Family, serving in that post until 2008.

Bindi competed for the leadership of the Democratic Party in the party's founding leadership election, and received 12.93% of the vote cast. She continues to work for the party, leading the Democrats, Truly faction.

References

External links

Personal website (Italian)

Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 1994	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Elio Guzzanti	Italian Minister of Health 1996–2000	Succeeded by Umberto Veronesi
Preceded by -	Italian Minister of Family 2006–2008	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Pierluigi Castagnetti Carlo Leoni Giorgia Meloni Giulio Tremonti	Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 2008-2013 Served alongside: Rocco Buttiglione, Antonio Leone, Maurizio Lupi	Succeeded by Simone Baldelli Luigi Di Maio Roberto Giachetti Marina Sereni
Party political offices
Preceded by Romano Prodi	President of the Democratic Party 2009-2013	Succeeded by Luigi Zanda (Acting)

Democratic Party

Secretary	Walter Veltroni (2007–2009) Dario Franceschini (2009) Pier Luigi Bersani (2009–2013) Guglielmo Epifani (2013) Matteo Renzi (2013–present)

Vice Secretary	Dario Franceschini (2007–2009) Enrico Letta (2009–2013) Debora Serracchiani (2014–present) Lorenzo Guerini (2014–present)

President	Romano Prodi (2007–2008) Rosy Bindi (2009–2013) Gianni Cuperlo (2013–2014) Matteo Orfini (2014–present)

Vice President	Marina Sereni (2009–2013) Ivan Scalfarotto (2009–2013) Matteo Ricci (2013–present) Sandra Zampa (2013–present)

Leader in the Chamber of Deputies	Antonello Soro (2007–2009) Dario Franceschini (2009–2013) Roberto Speranza (2013–present)

Leader in the Senate	Anna Finocchiaro (2007–2013) Luigi Zanda (2013–present)

Prime Minister	Romano Prodi (2006–2008) Enrico Letta (2013–2014) Matteo Renzi (2014–present)

President of the Republic	Giorgio Napolitano (2006–2015) Sergio Mattarella (2015–present)

Primary elections	2007 2009 2013

Factions	Renziani Bersaniani Democratic Area Veltroniani Dalemiani The Populars

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

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

D'Alema II Cabinet (1999 – 2000)

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

Prodi II Cabinet (2006–2008)

Prodi

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

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