Rosy Bindi

Maria Rosaria "Rosy" Bindi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈrɔːzi ˈbindi]; born 12 February 1951) is an Italian politician and the former President of the Antimafia Commission.

Rosy Bindi
President of the Antimafia Commission
In office
22 October 2013 – 22 March 2018
Preceded byGiuseppe Pisanu
Succeeded byNicola Morra
Minister for Family
In office
17 May 2006 – 8 May 2008
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded byRoberto Maroni
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Health
In office
17 May 1996 – 26 April 2000
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Massimo D'Alema
Preceded byElio Guzzanti
Succeeded byUmberto Veronesi
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 April 1994 – 22 March 2018
ConstituencyVeneto (1994–1996)
Tuscany (1996–2013)
Calabria (2013–2018)
Member of the European Parliament
In office
25 July 1989 – 19 July 1994
ConstituencyNorth–East Italy
Personal details
Born (1951-02-12) 12 February 1951
Sinalunga, Italy
Political partyPD (since 2007)
DL (2002–2007)
PPI (1994–2002)
DC (1989–1994)
ProfessionPolitical scientist

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.

During her tenure at the Ministry of Health, through her circular "Circolare Bindi del 2 dicembre 1996", electroshock therapy was re-introduced in Italy to treat psychiatrised patients. It was later corrected by "Circolare Bindi del 15 February 1999" 'limiting' use of ECT in particular cases but without revoke it.[1]

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 Really faction.

In April 2017 the Antimafia Commission -whose President was Bindi- invited the Italian Guardia di Finanza to seize and make public the lists of 35,000 members of the 4 main Italian Masonic obediences.[2]

Electoral history
Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
1989 European Parliament North–East Italy DC 211,170 checkY Elected
1994 Chamber of Deputies Veneto 1 PPI –[lower-alpha 1] checkY Elected
1996 Chamber of Deputies Cortona Ulivo 60,443 checkY Elected
2001 Chamber of Deputies Cortona Ulivo 56,452 checkY Elected
2006 Chamber of Deputies Tuscany-at-large Ulivo –[lower-alpha 1] checkY Elected
2008 Chamber of Deputies Tuscany-at-large PD –[lower-alpha 1] checkY Elected
2013 Chamber of Deputies Calabria-at-large PD –[lower-alpha 1] checkY Elected
  1. Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

First-past-the-post elections
1996 general election (C): Tuscany — Cortona
Candidate Coalition Votes %
Rosy Bindi The Olive Tree 60,443 65.1
Anna Duchini Pole for Freedoms 29,193 31.4
Others 3,287 3.5
Total 92,923 100.0
2001 general election (C): Tuscany — Cortona
Candidate Coalition Votes %
Rosy Bindi The Olive Tree 56,452 61.5
Leonardo Giomarelli House of Freedoms 32,623 35.5
Others 2,794 3.0
Total 91,869 100.0

References
  1. "Addio all' elettrochoc - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  2. Gianfrancesco Turano (April 10, 2017). "Massoneria, scoppia la grande faida" [Freemasonry, the great feud breaks out]. L'Espresso (in Italian). Archived from the original on November 12, 2019.
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