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Luis Durnwalder
President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Incumbent
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byLorenzo Dellai
Governor of South Tyrol
Incumbent
Assumed office
1989
Preceded bySilvius Magnago
Personal details
Born (1941-09-23) 23 September 1941 (age 83)
Pfalzen, Italy
Political partySouth Tyrolean People's Party
ResidenceBolzano

Luis Durnwalder (born 23 September 1941) is a politician of Italy, governor of the multilingual autonomous province of South Tyrol, and vice-president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, in Northern Italy.

Biography

Durnwalder was born in Pfalzen. After attending school in Pfalzen and Brixen, he originally planned to enter an Augustinian choir at the Neustift monastery in Brixen; however, Durnwalder decided instead to study law and agriculture. During this time he began his political activity and became chairman of the student group Südtiroler Hochschülerschaft (until 1965).

In 1969, he became mayor of his home municipality and in 1973 delegate to the provincial state assembly; he was Regional Counsellor for the Land Register from 1973 to 1978. At that time he also worked as director of the farmers' association, Südtiroler Bauernbund, and moved to Bozen, where he lives today. After the 1978 elections, he was promoted to member of the regional government. Since 1989 he has presided over the provincial government as governor (Landeshauptmann).

Durnwalder is a member of the South Tyrolean People's Party. In the last two elections he was able to gather more than 100,000 primary votes, meaning that more than a quarter of all voters voted for him.

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Italy Presidents of regions of Italy
Aosta Valley
Renzo Testolin (UV)
Piedmont
Alberto Cirio (FI)
Lombardy
Attilio Fontana (Lega–LL)
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Arno Kompatscher (SVP)
Veneto
Luca Zaia (Lega–LV)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Massimiliano Fedriga (Lega–LFVG)
Emilia-Romagna
Michele De Pascale (PD)
Liguria
Marco Bucci (Indep)
Tuscany
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Marche
Francesco Acquaroli (FdI)
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Molise
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Campania
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Apulia
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Basilicata
Vito Bardi (FI)
Calabria
Roberto Occhiuto (FI)
Sicily
Renato Schifani (FI)
Sardinia
Alessandra Todde (M5S)
  1. Rotational presidency. The region is composed of two autonomous provinces, which are individually represented in the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces by their respective president/governor: Trentino: Maurizio Fugatti (Lega–LT); South Tyrol: Arno Kompatscher (SVP).

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