Arno Kompatscher

Arno Kompatscher (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈarno ˈkɔmpatʃɐ]) is an Italian politician and governor of South Tyrol. He is the incumbent president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, serving his second term non-consecutively since 13 March 2024. He previously served as the president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol from 15 June 2016 to 7 July 2021.

Arno Kompatscher
Governor of South Tyrol
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 January 2014
Preceded by	Luis Durnwalder
President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 March 2024
Preceded by	Maurizio Fugatti
In office 15 June 2016 – 7 July 2021
Preceded by	Ugo Rossi
Succeeded by	Maurizio Fugatti
Personal details
Born	(1971-03-19) 19 March 1971 (age 54) Völs am Schlern, Italy
Political party	SVP

Biography

Kompatscher was born in Völs am Schlern, South Tyrol. After compulsory military service in the Italian Army Alpini corps, he studied law at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Padua. In 2000 he was elected deputy-mayor of his hometown and in 2005 he was elected mayor, and he was reelected in 2010.^[1]

In 2013, he won the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) primary, becoming the lead candidate for the 2013 provincial elections.^[2] The provincial elections on 27 October 2013 were won by the SVP which received 131,236 votes (45.7%).^[3] Kompatscher received the most preference votes of all candidates elected to the provincial legislature with 81,107 from the SVP voters.^[4] He was reelected in 2019 and in 2023.