Katia Bellillo

Katia Bellillo
Minister for Equal Opportunities
In office 26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001
Prime Minister	Giuliano Amato
Preceded by	Laura Balbo
Succeeded by	Stefania Prestigiacomo
Minister for Regional Affairs
In office 21 October 1998 – 26 April 2000
Prime Minister	Massimo D'Alema
Preceded by	Franco Bassanini
Succeeded by	Agazio Loiero
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 30 May 2001 – 28 April 2008
Constituency	Orvieto (2001–2006) Piedmont (2006–2008)
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-17) 17 February 1951 (age 73) Foligno, Perugia, Italy
Political party	PRC (1996–1998) PdCI (1998–2008) US (2009–2010) SEL (2010)
Alma mater	University of Perugia
Occupation	Politician

Katia Bellillo (born 17 February 1951) is an Italian politician and former minister. She served in governments under Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato between 1998 and 2001. Originally a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), she joined the Party of Italian Communists (PDCI) in 1998 and became Minister for Regional Affairs. She later became Minister for Equal Opportunities in 2000, in which role she successfully championed a range of issues including LGBT rights and women's boxing. During the following year, she was physically and verbally attacked by Alessandra Mussolini during a live TV broadcast. After leaving government, in 2008, she was one of the founders of the Unite the Left movement and, after a long political hiatus, unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Perugia in 2019.