The Trentino People's Party (), previously the People's Political Union of Trentino (''Unione Politica Popolare del Trentino''), was a political party in
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
, founded in 1904 in support of
Italian
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minorities in
Trentino
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. Its leader was
Alcide De Gasperi
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.
History
In the
1911 Cisleithanian legislative election
Legislative elections to elect members of the Imperial Council were held in Cisleithania, the Austrian section of Austria-Hungary over several days in June and July 1911.
A coalition of German national and liberal parties, the ''Deutscher Nati ...
the PPT was the second largest Italian party in the Vienna Parliament, after having been the largest in the 1907 election.
In 1920, after the annexation of Trentino into Italy, the PPT was merged into the
Italian People's Party.
Electoral results
Imperial Council
Regional Council
References
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Defunct political parties in Austria
Political parties in Trentino
Christian democratic parties in Italy
Catholic political parties
Alcide De Gasperi
Political parties in Austria-Hungary