Type Landtag Last election 27 October 2013 | Seats 35 | |
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President of the Landtag Thomas Widmann, SVPSince 17 January 2014 Political groups Government (19) SVP (17) PD (2)Opposition (16) dF (6) Greens (3) STF (3) FI/LN (1) M5S (1) BU/LD (1) Cuore (1) | ||
The Landtag of South Tyrol is the provincial council (German: Landtag; Italian: Consiglio provinciale) of the autonomous province of South Tyrol in northeast Italy.
As a legislature it is responsible for passing laws at the provincial level and enact the budget. It also elects and controls the government of South Tyrol. The president (speaker) of the Landtag (German: Landtagspräsident; Italian: Presidente del Consiglio) since 2014 is Thomas Widmann from the South Tyrolean People's Party.
The functions of the Landtag were established in the autonomy agreement of 1971/72.
The seat of the Landtag is in the capital city of Bolzano.
Composition
The Landtag is composed of 35 seats. They were last elected on 27 October 2013.
References
Landtag of South Tyrol Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA