The Government of South Tyrol (; ) is the chief

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body of the

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province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

in northern

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, enforcing the provincial laws as written by the provincial council (). The government has its seat in the capital city of

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

. The local government system is based upon the provisions of the

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and the Autonomy Statute of the Region

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...

. The ''Landesregierung'' is headed by a

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, referred to as ''

Landeshauptmann The Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute,'' ) is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Ty ...

'' ("State Captain") in German (Italian: ''Presidente della Giunta Provinciale''). The members of the government are elected in a secret ballot by an

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in the Landtag. The composition of the cabinet has to reflect the proportion of the German, Italian and Ladin language groups. The current government is headed by

Arno Kompatscher Arno Kompatscher () is an Italian politician and governor of South Tyrol. He is the incumbent president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, serving his second term non-consecutively since 13 March 2024. He previously served as the president of Tre ...

( SVP).

External links

Homepage of the government of South Tyrol
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See also

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