page_title: South Tyrol
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: South Tyrol / Politics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gebäude des Südtiroler Landtags in Bozen Italiano: Palazzo del Consiglio provinciale dell'Alto Adige/Südtirol a Bolzano English: South Tyrol Province parliament in Bolzano/Bozen
context_page_description: South Tyrol is an autonomous province in northern Italy, one of the two that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. Its official trilingual denomination is Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol in German, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige in Italian and Provinzia autonoma de Bulsan – Südtirol in Ladin, reflecting the three main language groups to which its population belongs. The province is the northernmost of Italy, the second largest, with an area of 7,400 square kilometres and has a total population of 531,178 inhabitants as of 2019. Its capital and largest city is Bolzano.
  According to 2014 data based on the 2011 census, 62.3% of the population speaks German as first language; 23.4% of the population speaks Italian, mainly in and around the two largest cities; 4.1% speaks Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language; 10.2% of the population speaks another language natively.
  The province is granted a considerable level of self-government, consisting of a large range of exclusive legislative and executive powers and a fiscal regime that allows it to retain 90% of revenue, while remaining a net contributor to the national budget.
context_section_description: The local government system is based upon the provisions of the Italian Constitution and the Autonomy Statute of the Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The 1972 second Statute of Autonomy for Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol devolved most legislative and executive competences from the regional level to the provincial level, creating de facto two separate regions.
  The considerable legislative power of the province is vested in an assembly, the Landtag of South Tyrol (German: Südtiroler Landtag; Italian: Consiglio della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano; Ladin: Cunsëi dla Provinzia Autonoma de Bulsan).
  The legislative powers of the assembly are defined by the second Statute of Autonomy.
  The executive powers are attributed to the government (German: Landesregierung; Italian: Giunta Provinciale) headed by the Landeshauptmann Arno Kompatscher. He belongs to the South Tyrolean People's Party, which has been governing with a parliamentary majority since 1948. South Tyrol is characterized by long sitting presidents, having only had two presidents between 1960 and 2014 (Silvius Magnago 1960–1989, Luis Durnwalder 1989–2014).
  A fiscal regime allows the province to retain a large part of most levied taxes, in order to execute and administer its competences. Nevertheless, South Tyrol remains a net contributor to the Italian national budget.
caption: The assembly building of South Tyrol
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