Maurizio Belpietro (born 10 May 1958) is an Italian journalist and television presenter.

Belpietro was born in Castenedolo, near Brescia, but he grew up in the town of Palazzolo sull'Oglio.

[1] He was succeeded by the journalist Mario Giordano when he became editor-in-chief of Italian newsmagazine Panorama.

In 2004, he became presenter of the television newsmagazine L'Antipatico, broadcast on Canale 5 and later on Rete 4.

13198 for contempt with the following motivation: The European Court of Human Rights did not uphold the verdict on the grounds that he was sentenced to 4 years in prison, which was suspended, holding this to be too harsh and enough to have violated his freedom of speech.