Rosy Bindi

Rosy Bindi
President of the Antimafia Commission
In office 22 October 2013 – 22 March 2018
Preceded by	Giuseppe Pisanu
Succeeded by	Nicola Morra
President of the Democratic Party
In office 7 November 2009 – 19 April 2013
Preceded by	Romano Prodi
Succeeded by	Gianni Cuperlo
Minister for Family Policies
In office 17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Roberto Maroni
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister of Health
In office 17 May 1996 – 26 April 2000
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Elio Guzzanti
Succeeded by	Umberto Veronesi
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 April 1994 – 22 March 2018
Constituency	Veneto (1994–1996) Tuscany (1996–2013) Calabria (2013–2018)
Member of the European Parliament
In office 25 July 1989 – 19 July 1994
Constituency	North–East Italy
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-12) 12 February 1951 (age 73) Sinalunga, Italy
Political party	DC (1989–1994) PPI (1994–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (2007–2018)
Profession	Political scientist

Maria Rosaria "Rosy" Bindi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈrɔːzi ˈbindi]; born 12 February 1951) is an Italian politician and former president of the Antimafia Commission. She began her political career in Christian Democracy (DC), becoming a member of the European Parliament in 1989. After the dissolution of the DC, she joined the centre-left-leaning Italian People's Party (PPI) in 1994 and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) in 2002.

Bindi served as Minister of Health and Minister for Family Policies in the centre-left coalition governments of Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema from 1996 to 2000 and 2006 to 2008. In 2007, she was among the founding members of the Democratic Party (PD), and was the party's president from 2009 to 2013. Elected a Chamber of Deputies in 1994, after a total of six legislatures, she did not run for re-election in 2018 and left the PD, ending her political career.