Politics of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

The Politics of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government and Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council. However, since a constitutional reform in 1972, almost all the executive and legislative powers are devolved to the two provinces of which the region is composed: Trentino and the South Tyrol.

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Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

The politics of Trentino takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the governor is heads of government, while the politics of South Tyrol retains a parliamentary system, in which the governor is usually the most voted provincial deputy and heads the provincial government.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale, Landesregierung) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione, Landeshauptmann) and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 5, including two Vice Presidents. Since 2001, the Presidents of the two Provinces alternate as President of the Region, with the one who's not in charge serving as First Vice President.

Current composition

List of Presidents

Presidents of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
President Party Term Legislature
Tullio Odorizzi DC 1948–1953 I Legislature
Tullio Odorizzi DC 1953–1957 II Legislature
Tullio Odorizzi DC 1957–1961 III Legislature
Luigi Dalvit DC 1961–1965 IV Legislature
Luigi Dalvit DC 1965–1967 V Legislature
Giorgio Grigolli DC 1967–1969
Giorgio Grigolli DC 1969–1973 VI Legislature
Bruno Kessler DC 1974–1976 VII Legislature
Flavio Mengoni DC 1976–1977
Spartaco Marziani DC 1977–1979
Enrico Pancheri DC 1979–1984 VIII Legislature
Pierluigi Angeli DC 1984–1987 IX Legislature
Gianni Bazzanella DC 1987–1989
Gianni Bazzanella DC 1989–1992 X Legislature
Tarcisio Andreolli DC 1992–1994
Tarcisio Grandi PPI 1994–1999 XI Legislature
Margherita Cogo DS 1999–2002 XII Legislature
Carlo Andreotti PATT 2002–2004
Luis Durnwalder SVP 2004–2006 XIII Legislature
Lorenzo Dellai Civica 2006–2008
Luis Durnwalder SVP 2008–2011 XIV Legislature
Lorenzo Dellai UpT 2011–2013
Alberto Pacher PD 2013–2014
Ugo Rossi PATT 2014–2016 XV Legislature
Arno Kompatscher SVP 2016–present

Provincial executives

Trentino

This is the list of Presidents of Trentino (Italian: Presidente, German: Landeshauptmann) since 1948.

President Term of office Party Administration Coalition Legislature
Duration in years, months and days
1 Giuseppe Balista
(1901–1977)
20 December
1948
19 December
1952
DC Balista I DC I
(1948)
4 years Balista II
2 Remo Albertini
(1920–2005)
19 December
1952
14 December
1956
DC Albertini DC II
(1952)
3 years, 11 months and 26 days
3 Riccardo Rosa
(1902–1970)
14 December
1956
30 December
1960
DC Rosa DC III
(1956)
4 years and 17 days
4 Bruno Kessler
(1924–1991)
30 December
1960
13 March
1974
DC Kessler I DC IV
(1960)
Kessler II DC  PSI V
(1964)
13 years, 2 months and 14 days Kessler III DC VI
(1968)
5 Giorgio Grigolli
(1927–2016)
13 March
1974
15 March
1979
DC Grigolli I DC  PSDI  PRI VII
(1973)
5 years and 3 days Grigolli II DC
6 Flavio Mengoni
(1929–2013)
15 March
1979
30 October
1985
DC Mengoni I DC  PRI VIII
(1978)
Mengoni II DC  PRI
Mengoni III DC  PSDI  PLI
Mengoni IV DC  PSDI  PLI
6 years, 7 months and 16 days Mengoni V DC  PRI  PLI IX
(1983)
7 Pierluigi Angeli
(Born 1938)
30 October
1985
16 February
1989
DC Angeli DC  PSI  PRI
3 years, 3 months and 18 days
8 Mario Malossini
(Born 1947)
16 February
1989
4 June
1992
DC Malossini DC  PSI X
(1988)
3 years, 3 months and 20 days
9 Gianni Bazzanella
(Born 1940)
4 June
1992
4 March
1994
DC Bazzanella DC  PSI  PSDI
1 year, 9 months and 1 day
10 Carlo Andreotti
(Born 1943)
4 March
1994
24 February
1999
PATT Andreotti PATT  PRI  PSDI XI
(1993)
4 years, 11 months and 21 days
11 Lorenzo Dellai
(Born 1959)
24 February
1999
29 December
2012
DL Dellai I The Olive Tree
(DL  DS  FdV)
XII
(1998)
Dellai II The Olive Tree
(DL  DS)
XIII
(2003)
UpT Dellai III PD  UpT  PATT XIV
(2008)
13 years, 10 months and 6 days
12 Alberto Pacher
(Born 1956)
29 December
2012
9 November
2013
PD Pacher PD  UpT  PATT
10 months and 12 days
13 Ugo Rossi
(Born 1963)
9 November
2013
2 November
2018
PATT Rossi PD  UpT  PATT XV
(2013)
4 years, 11 months and 25 days
14 Maurizio Fugatti
(Born 1972)
2 November
2018
Incumbent LN Fugatti LN  FI  CT XVI
(2018)
1 year, 7 months and 25 days

South Tyrol

Governors of South Tyrol
Governor Portrait Party Term Legislature
Karl Erckert
SVP 1948–1952 I Legislature
1952–1955 II Legislature
Alois Pupp
SVP 1955–1956
1956–1960 III Legislature
Silvius Magnago
SVP 1960–1964 IV Legislature
1964–1968 V Legislature
1968–1973 VI Legislature
1973–1978 VII Legislature
1978–1983 VIII Legislature
1983–1988 IX Legislature
1988–1989 X Legislature
Luis Durnwalder
SVP 1989–1993
1993–1998 XI Legislature
1998–2003 XII Legislature
2003–2008 XIII Legislature
2008–2013 XIV Legislature
2013–2014 XV Legislature
Arno Kompatscher
SVP 2014–2018
2018–present XVI Legislature

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige (Consiglio Regionale del Trentino-Alto Adige) is composed of 70 members, 35 from Trentino and 35 from South Tyrol. The regional deputies are elected separately as provincial deputies. In practice the Regional Council is the meeting of the two Provincial Councils.

Local government

Municipalities in Trentino

Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Trento 117,317 Alessandro Andreatta Democratic Party 2015
Rovereto 39,289 Francesco Valduga Independent 2015
Pergine Valsugana 21,280 Roberto Oss Emer Independent 2015
Arco 17,526 Alessandro Betta Democratic Party 2014
Riva del Garda 16,926 Adalberto Mosaner Democratic Party 2015

Municipalities in South Tyrol

Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Bolzano 106,441 Renzo Caramaschi Democratic Party 2016
Merano 39,462 Paul Rösch Greens 2015
Brixen 21,535 Peter Brunner South Tyrolean People's Party 2015
Laives 17,700 Christian Bianchi Lega Nord Alto Adige – Südtirol 2015
Bruneck 16,109 Roland Griessmair South Tyrolean People's Party 2014

Political parties and elections

The Region has actually two different system of parties: one for each Province. Since the constitutional reform of 2001, regional elections are nothing more than two separate provincial elections and the Region does not provide anymore vote totals region-wide.

Latest provincial elections

Trentino

2018 Trentino provincial election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Maurizio Fugatti 124,590 46.74 1
League 69,116 27.09 13
Civic Trentino 11,777 4.62 2
Trentino Project 8,248 3.23 1
Popular Autonomists 7,621 2.99 1
Forza Italia 7,204 2.82 1
Act for Trentino 5,458 2.14 1
UDCPeople's Centre 5,306 2.08
Brothers of Italy 3,686 1.44
Fassa Association 2,490 0.98 1
Total 120,906 47.39 20
Giorgio Tonini 67,712 25.40 1
Democratic Party 35,530 13.93 4
Futura 2018 17,670 6.93 2
Union for Trentino 10,150 3.98 1
Total 63,350 24.83 7
Ugo Rossi 33,121 12.42 1 Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party 32,109 12.59 3
Filippo Degasperi 18,922 7.10 1 Five Star Movement 18,437 7.23 1
Antonella Valer 7,099 2.66
Free and Equal 3,560 1.40
Other Trentino on the Left 2,101 0.82
Total 5,661 2.22
Mauro Ottobre 5,237 1.96 Dynamic Autonomy 5,117 2.01
Roberto de Laurentis 4,015 1.51 Territoriality Responsibility Economics 3,826 1.50
Paolo Primon 2,384 0.89 Free People – Freie Völker 2,285 0.90
Ferruccio Chenetti 1,904 0.71 Movement Ladin Fassa 1,890 0.74
Filippo Castaldini 1,247 0.47 CasaPound Italy 1,215 0.48
Federico Monegaglia 350 0.13 Reconquer Italy 341 0.13
Total candidates 266,581 100 4 Total parties 255,137 100 31
Source: Autonomous Province of Trento

South Tyrol

Parties Votes % Seats +/−
South Tyrolean People's Party 119,108 41.9 15 −2
Team Köllensperger 43,315 15.2 6 +6
League 31,510 11.1 4 +4
Greens 19,391 6.8 3 ±0
Die Freiheitlichen 17,620 6.2 2 −4
South Tyrolean Freedom 16,927 6.0 2 −1
Democratic Party 10,806 3.8 1 −1
Five Star Movement 6,670 2.4 1 ±0
Alto Adige in the HeartBrothers of Italy 4,883 1.7 1 ±0
Citizens' Union 3,664 1.3 0 −1
Us South Tyrol 3,428 1.2 0 ±0
Forza Alto Adige 2,825 1.0 0 ±0
CasaPound Italy 2,451 0.9 0 ±0
United Left 1,753 0.6 0 ±0
Total 284,351 100.0 35 ±0
Source: Province of Bolzano

Latest general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

Chamber of Deputies

Coalition Party Proportional First-past-the-post Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Centre-left coalition SVPPATT134,65124.22241,53443.424
Democratic Party81,67114.7-11
More Europe14,1622.5---
Popular Civic List (incl. UpT)7,4731.3---
Together3,5770.6---
235
Centre-right coalition Lega (incl. LNT, LNST)106,98219.22163,28529.335
Forza Italia (incl. Fassa)38,9387.0---
Brothers of Italy (incl. AAC)14,6602.6---
Us with Italy2,7050.5---
235
Five Star Movement108,68619.51108,68619.5-1
Free and Equal (incl. Greens)21,8053.9-21,8053.9--
Casa Pound Italy8,0601.4-8,0601.4--
Power to the People5,7041.0-5,7041.0--
The People of Family4,8970.9-4,8970.9--
Human Value Party3,1230.6-3,1230.6--
Total557,094100.05557,094100.0611

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Senate of the Republic

Coalition Party Proportional First-past-the-post Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Centre-left coalition SVPPATT128,28225.11226,76644.423
Democratic Party75,00114.7-11
More Europe12,0232.4---
Popular Civic List (incl. UpT)7,2221.4---
Together4,2380.8---
134
Centre-right coalition Lega (incl. LNT, LNST)98,12219.2-151,21329.6--
Forza Italia (incl. Fassa)36,6627.2-22
Brothers of Italy (incl. AAC)13,6122.7-11
Us with Italy2,8170.6---
-33
Five Star Movement98,59919.3-98,59919.3--
Free and Equal (incl. Greens)18,6663.7-18,6663.7--
Casa Pound Italy5,9531.2-5,9531.2--
Power to the People5,2661.0-5,2661.0--
The People of Family4,8080.9-4,8080.9--
Total511,271100.01511,271100.067

Source: Ministry of the Interior

PR vote in Trentino

Party Votes %
Lega (incl. LNT) 83,510 26.7
Five Star Movement 74,685 23.8
Democratic Party 61,013 19.5
Forza Italia (incl. Fassa) 26,517 8.5
SVPPATT 15,612 5.0
More Europe 10,789 3.4
Brothers of Italy 10,466 3.3
Free and Equal 9,334 3.0
Popular Civic List (incl. UpT) 6,898 2.2
Power to the People 3,649 1.2
CasaPound Italy 3,142 1.0
The People of Family 2,719 0.9
Together 2,163 0.7
Us with Italy 1,943 0.6
Human Value Party 799 0.3
Total 313,239 100.00

Source: Ministry of the Interior

PR vote in South Tyrol

Party Votes %
SVPPATT 119,039 48.8
Five Star Movement 34,001 13.9
Lega (incl. LNST) 23,472 9.6
Democratic Party 20,658 8.5
Forza Italia 12,421 5.1
Free and Equal (incl. Greens) 12,471 5.1
CasaPound Italy 4,918 2.0
Brothers of Italy (incl. AAC) 4,194 1.7
More Europe 3,373 1.4
Human Value Party 2,324 1.0
The People of Family 2,178 0.9
Power to the People 2,055 0.8
Together 1,414 0.6
Us with Italy 762 0.3
Popular Civic List 575 0.2
Total 243,855 100.00

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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