Rosy Bindi

Maria Rosaria Bindi called Rosy Bindi ( born February 12, 1951 in Sinalunga, Siena Province) is an Italian politician and one of the founders of the Democratic Party of Italy. From May 2006 to May 2008, she was Minister of Family Affairs in the second cabinet of Romano Prodi. On 6 May 2008, she was elected alongside three other candidates for Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

Political career

After her political science studies Rosy Bindi was assistant to the renowned Vittorio Bachelet administration law expert, who was murdered on 12 February 1980 in her presence by the Red Brigades at the University of Rome La Sapienza.

She was involved in the Italian Youth Association of Catholic Action, whose deputy chairman it was from 1984 to 1989. In 1989 she became a member of the Christian Democrats (DC) and successfully ran for the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where she was first deputy chairman of the Development Committee and then Chairman of the Committee on Petitions.

After the dissolution of DC, she joined the Partito Popolare Italiano, as its representative, she was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1994. As a collaborator of the resulting under Romano Prodi 's center-left coalition The Olive In 1996 she was health minister in Prodi's first cabinet and served in this function in the following two governments Massimo D' Alema.

In 2001, she joined the Christian Democratic Start- La Margherita - Democrazia è Libertà on, was for the third time in a row for their constituency Cortona ( Arezzo ) elected to the Chamber of Deputies, where he worked with the Social Committee. In 2006 she won again in Tuscan constituency and was Minister for Family Affairs the new center- left government led by Prodi. Your name has since been also associated with an unsuccessful bill to recognition of registered partnerships ( DiCo = Diritti e delle persone Doveri stable elements conviventi ) in conjunction, which was drawn up by the Ministry and its strong criticism, especially from church circles, pushed.

On May 23, 2007, she was among the signatories of the founding committee of the Democratic Party ( PD) and declared on July 16, her candidacy for the presidency of the party from the left and the newly formed Christian. When carried out on 14 October 2007 ballot in the Italian population, however, it clearly defeated with 12.9% of votes its strong rival Walter Veltroni ( 75.8 %). In the election of the successor Veltroni in October 2009, she supported Pier Luigi Bersani, who clearly won the vote. In November 2009 she was elected at the congress in Rome in the representative office of the President of Partito Democratico.

Since May 2008 Rosy Bindi is Vice -President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. In October 2009, more than 100 000 Italians solidarity in a signature collection with Rosy Bindi, after the Linkskatholikin of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had been insulted in a popular TV talk show. As Bindi Berlusconi attacked in the discussion because of its government policy, said this to the external force as a rather unattractive opposition politician: "I see, signora, you are still beautiful than intelligent".