List of governors of South Tyrol

This is the list of governors of South Tyrol since 1948. ^[1]

The German title of the governor is Landeshauptmann , ^{[2] [3]} hence "governor".

Governors of South Tyrol
Governor		Portrait	Party	Term		Coalition	Legislature	Election
	Karl Erckert (1894–1955)		SVP	20 December 1948	19 December 1952	SVP  • DC  • PSDI  • UI [a]	I Legislature	1948
				20 December 1952	15 December 1955 [b]	SVP  • DC	II Legislature	1952
	Alois Pupp (1900–1969)		SVP	7 January 1956	14 December 1956
				15 December 1956	30 December 1960		III Legislature	1956
	Silvius Magnago (1914–2010)		SVP	31 December 1960	3 February 1965		IV Legislature	1960
				4 February 1965	16 February 1969		V Legislature	1964
				17 February 1969	14 May 1970		VI Legislature	1968
				15 May 1970	14 March 1974	SVP  • DC  • PSI
				15 March 1974	10 April 1979		VII Legislature	1973
				11 April 1979	26 April 1984	SVP  • DC  • PSDI	VIII Legislature	1978
				27 April 1984	16 March 1989	SVP  • DC  • PSI	IX Legislature	1983
	Luis Durnwalder (b. 1941)		SVP	17 March 1989	10 February 1994		X Legislature	1988
				11 February 1994	3 February 1999	SVP  • PPI  • PDS	XI Legislature	1993
				4 February 1999	17 December 2003	SVP  • DS  • PPI  • UDAA	XII Legislature	1998
				18 December 2003	17 December 2008	SVP  • DS  • UDAA	XIII Legislature	2003
				18 December 2008	8 January 2014	SVP  • PD	XIV Legislature	2008
	Arno Kompatscher (b. 1971)		SVP	9 January 2014	16 January 2019		XV Legislature	2013
				17 January 2019	17 January 2024	SVP  • LAAS	XVI Legislature	2018
				18 January 2024	Incumbent	SVP  • FdI  • DF  • LAAS  • LC [c]	XVII Legislature	2023

1. Union of Independents.
2. Died in office.
3. External support.

Source: Landtag of South Tyrol

References

1. "Südtiroler Landtag". www.consiglio-bz.org. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
2. "Luis Durnwalder » Biographie". Landesregierung Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol. 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
3. "Luis Durnwalder » Zuständigkeiten". Landesregierung Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol. 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.