The Trentino Tyrolean People's Party (, PPTT) was a regionalist

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based in

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. The party was active from 1948 to 1982. Its main successor is the

Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party The Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (, PATT) is a regionalist, autonomist, Christian-democratic and centrist political party in Trentino, Italy. The PATT, heir of the Trentino Tyrolean People's Party, is the unofficial counterpart of the ...

, incorporated in 1988.

History

The PPTT was formed on 25 July 1948 as the transformation into political party of the Association Autonomistic Regional Studies (''Associazione Studi Autonomistici Regionali'', ASAR). ASAR, whose slogan was "integral autonomy from Borghetto to Brenner", was a group which fought successfully for the establishment of the

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as special statute Region. In the 1948 provincial election the party won 16.8% of the vote and became a junior partner in

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-led government. The PPTT, whose longstanding leader was

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, became the sister-party of the

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, although the two were independent parties. Since the 1979 general election the party was represented in the

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by Sergio Fontanari. In 1982 a split between the

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wing, led by Franco Tretter, and the

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wing of the party, led by longstanding leader

. The first group retained the name of the party but later changed it to Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union, while second one took the name of Integral Autonomy. In 1988 the two groups merged into the

Leadership

*Secretary: Raffaello Zanghellini (1948–1952),

(1952–1982) *President: Silvio Bortolotti (1948–1952), Iginio Caproni (1952–1956), Giuseppe Stoffella (1956–1962), Guido Sembenotti (1962–TBD), Carlo Jellici (TBD–TBD), Sergio Fontanari (TBD–1982)

References

Sources

"Autonomists in Trentino", an essay by Franco PanizzaProvincial Council of Trento – LegislaturesTrentino Alto-Adige Region – ElectionsProvincial Government of Trento – ElectionsCattaneo Institute – Archive of Election DataMinistry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
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