Alberto Michelini (born 25 July 1941) is an Italian journalist and politician, former Deputy and Member of the European Parliament.

Michelini began his journalistic career in the late 1970s as a host and special correspondent for the RAI news programme TG1.

In 1981, Michelini, as correspondent in the Vatican City, documented the Pope John Paul II assassination attempt.

[1] An expert on Vatican history, Michelini joined the Christian Democrats (DC), and was elected to the European Parliament in 1984[2] and 1989,[3] and to the Chamber of Deputies in 1987 and 1992.

In 1994, Michelini was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies with the Segni Pact,[4] but left the party after a few months.