Landtag of South Tyrol

Council of South Tyrol

*Südtiroler Landtag*
*Consiglio della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano*
*Cunsëi dla Provinzia autonoma de Bulsan*
Council of South Tyrol ; Südtiroler Landtag; Consiglio della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano; Cunsëi dla Provinzia autonoma de Bulsan
17th legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Established	20 December 1948
Leadership
President	Josef Noggler, SVP ; since 13 November 2023
Structure
Seats	35
Political groups	Government (18) SVP (13); FdI (2); DF (1); LAAS (1); LC (1); Opposition (17) TK (4); STF (4); Grüne (3); JWA (2); PD (1); FSmW (1); Vita (1); FF (1);
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Last election	22 October 2023
Next election	No later than ; 5 November 2028
Meeting place
	Piazza Silvius Magnago, 1; Bolzano
Website
	www.landtag-bz.org

The Council of South Tyrol is the provincial council (German: Südtiroler Landtag; Italian: Consiglio della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano; Ladin: Cunsëi dla Provinzia autonoma de Bulsan) of the autonomous province of South Tyrol (Bolzano) in northeast Italy.

As a legislature it is responsible for passing laws at the provincial level and enacting the budget. It also elects the governor and controls the government of South Tyrol. The president (speaker) of the Landtag (German: Landtagspräsident; Italian: Presidente del Consiglio) since 13 November 2023 is Josef Noggler (SVP).

The council is elected for five-year terms. Its seats are assigned proportionally to each party and list. The last election was held on 22 October 2023.

The council is located in Piazza Silvius Magnago, Bolzano.

Composition

Political groups (2023–2028)

The council is composed of the following political groups:

	Seats	Status
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	13 / 35	Government
Team K (TK)	4 / 35	Opposition
South Tyrolean Freedom (STF)	4 / 35	Opposition
Grüne	3 / 35	Opposition
Brothers of Italy (FdI)	2 / 35	Government
JWA List (JWA)	2 / 35	Opposition
Die Freiheitlichen (DF)	1 / 35	Government
Democratic Party (PD)	1 / 35	Opposition
Lega (LAAS)	1 / 35	Government
The Civic List (LC)	1 / 35	Government
For South Tyrol with Widmann (FSmW)	1 / 35	Opposition
Vita	1 / 35	Opposition
Free Group (FF)	1 / 35	Opposition

Historical composition

Election	SVP	DC	PCI	PSI	MSI	VGV	DF	Others	Total
Election
28 November 1948	13	2	1	1	1			2	20
16 November 1952	15	3	1	1	1			1	22
11 November 1956	15	3	1	1	1			1	22
6 November 1960	15	3	1	1	1			1	22
15 November 1964	16	3	1	1	1			3	25
17 November 1968	16	4	1	2	1			1	25
18 November 1973	20	5	2	2	1			4	34
19 November 1978	21	4	3	1	1			4	34
20 November 1983	22	3	2	1	2			5	35
20 November 1988	22	3	1	1	4	2		2	35
21 November 1993	19	2			4	2	2	6	35
22 November 1998	21					2	1	11	35

Election	SVP	VGV	DF	STF	PD	Others	Total
Election
26 October 2003	21	3	2			9	35
26 October 2008	18	2	5	2	2	6	35
27 October 2013	17	3	6	3	2	4	35
21 October 2018	15	3	2	2	1	12	35
22 October 2023	13	3	2	4	1	12	35

Presidents

This is a list of the Presidents of the council:

Legislature		Party	Period
I (1948)	Silvius Magnago	SVP	20 December 1948	29 December 1950
I (1948)	Luigi Negri	DC	30 December 1950	19 December 1952
II (1952)	Silvius Magnago	SVP	20 December 1952	19 December 1954
II (1952)	Armando Bertorelle	DC	20 December 1954	14 December 1956
III (1956)	Silvius Magnago	SVP	15 December 1956	22 December 1958
III (1956)	Armando Bertorelle	DC	23 December 1958	30 December 1960
IV (1960)	Alois Pupp	SVP	31 December 1960	14 December 1962
IV (1960)	Silvio Nicolodi	PSI	15 December 1962	14 December 1964
V (1964)	Alois Pupp	SVP	15 December 1964	14 December 1966
	Decio Molignoni	PSDI	14 December 1966	15 November 1967^[a]
	Silvio Nicolodi	PSI	15 November 1967	13 December 1968
VI (1968)	Robert von Fioreschy	SVP	14 December 1968	13 December 1970
VI (1968)	Silvio Nicolodi	PSI	14 December 1970	13 December 1973
VII (1973)	Karl Vaja	SVP	14 December 1973	16 June 1976
VII (1973)	Decio Molignoni	PSDI	16 June 1976	14 December 1978
VIII (1978)	Joachim Dallas	SVP	15 December 1978	26 July 1979^[b]
	Eric Achmüller	SVP	26 July 1979	14 June 1981
	Giuseppe Sfondrini	PSI	15 June 1981	13 December 1983
IX (1983)	Eric Achmüller	SVP	14 December 1983	7 May 1984^[c]
	Waltraud Gebert-Deeg	SVP	8 May 1984	16 June 1986
	Rolando Boesso	PRI	17 June 1986	13 December 1988
X (1988)	Rosa Franzelin Werth	SVP	14 December 1988	13 June 1991
	Alessandro Pellegrini	DC	14 June 1991	16 February 1993^[d]
	Romano Viola	PDS	16 February 1993	13 December 1993
XI (1993)	Sabina Kasslatter Mur	SVP	14 December 1993	13 June 1996
XI (1993)	Umberto Montefiori	LN	14 June 1996	17 December 1998
XII (1998)	Hermann Thaler	SVP	18 December 1998	17 June 2001
XII (1998)	Alessandra Zendron	VGV	18 June 2001	17 November 2003
XIII (2003)	Richard Theiner	SVP	18 November 2003	17 December 2003^[e]
	Veronika Stirner Brantsch	SVP	18 December 2003	17 May 2006
	Riccardo Dello Sbarba	VGV	18 May 2006	17 November 2008
XIV (2008)	Dieter Steger	SVP	18 November 2008	25 January 2011^[f]
	Julia Unterberger	SVP	2 March 2011	17 May 2011
	Mauro Minniti	PdL	18 May 2011	1 January 2013^[g]
	Maurizio Vezzali	PdL	15 January 2013	21 November 2013
XV (2013)	Martha Stocker	SVP	22 November 2013	16 January 2014^[h]
	Thomas Widmann	SVP	17 January 2014	23 May 2016
	Roberto Bizzo	PD	24 May 2016	13 November 2018
XVI (2018)	Thomas Widmann	SVP	14 November 2018	25 January 2019^[i]
	Josef Noggler	SVP	25 January 2019	13 May 2021
	Rita Mattei	LN	14 May 2021	12 November 2023
XVII (2023)	Josef Noggler	SVP	13 November 2023	Incumbent

Notes

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External links

Official website

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