The nine-man government team headed by Governor Arno Kompatscher quickly gets to work after today's election.
South Tyrol has a new state government, which is made up of South Tyrolean mandataries of the South Tyrolean People's Party and Lega. The South Tyrolean state parliament approved today (24 January) afternoon the proposal of governor Arno Kompatscher to composition and allocation of powers by a majority. The provincial government of the 16th legislative period, the second of the provincial governor Kompatscher, is thus composed of a total of nine members. For the first time ever, the provincial governor is assisted by one deputy of the three language groups. The state government includes next to the governor two state councilors and six regional councils.
In the morning, governor Kompatscher had presented to the state parliament his government program and explained the allocation of responsibilities to the government members. After debate and replica, the election of the state government took place in a single vote in the early afternoon. Subsequently, the newly elected state government moved from the state parliament to the seat of government, the Palais Widmann, where Governor Kompatscher presented around 17 clock his new man and woman husbandry, which bears today government responsibility.
The new state government is a good team that, after extensive preparation, is ready to "roll up their sleeves to work for South Tyrol, for the people of the country, for sustainable development, to strengthen autonomy and to strengthen the country's role in the European context, "declared Governor Arno Kompatscher. He himself will represent South Tyrol to the outside world and look ahead and to the development of the country and the people, as a national council for finance, personnel and computer science create the framework for a good work of the administration, as a regional council for research and innovation, the location South Tyrol expand and network. With "great satisfaction" he also fulfills the new responsibility he assumes for the sports sector.
The first deputy governor is Arnold Schuler, who, as hitherto, will be responsible for agriculture and forestry, civil protection (including water protection buildings) and, most recently, tourism. Landesrat Schuler today spoke of a "very coherent ministry", of "important areas that complement each other well". Both in agriculture and in tourism, he will work for a "sustainable development".
He is proud to work for South Tyrol, said Giuliano Vettorato, who will be the second Deputy Governor of the Italian Government for education, culture, energy and the environment. He called the pursuit of the climate goals as important concerns, as well as the appreciation of the peculiarities of the three language groups living in South Tyrol.
The head of the Ladin Deputy Governor Daniel Alfreider will be responsible not only for Ladin education and culture, but also for mobility and the transport network. As Ladin country council he wanted to "strengthen cultural wealth". Mobility described the new provincial council as a basic need. As a Mobility Councilor, he wanted to build on what already exists, "connect the peripherals as well as possible, relieve the cities and the Brenner Corridor".
State Councilor Waltraud Deeg spoke of her "dream ministry", which, in addition to the family affairs in the new legislative period, will also be responsible for the elderly, social services and housing. It was "to make South Tyrol a family-friendly country in which it can age well," said the Provincial Councilor. In social welfare "we want to look where people need support", in the housing industry, "living spaces for people from 0 to 99 are to be realized".
Spatial planning, landscape conservation and monument preservation, however, are the areas of responsibility of the new state councilor Maria Magdalena Hochgruber Kuenzer. "These are areas where there is a lot to do in all 116 municipalities, with a focus on design," said the new State Councilor, who thanked for the opportunity and trust she had given.
"The joy of finally starting work is great," said Landrat Philipp Achammer, whose area of responsibility, in addition to German education and culture and integration, will in the future also include the economic sectors of industry, trade, commerce and services, and work. There are various connections between the previous and the new responsibilities: "Our special opportunity as a bridge builder between the cultural and linguistic areas must be used."
Massimo Bessone will be the second Italian regional council to take over the building construction and the technical service, the assets as well as the land register and cadastre. His experience is not great yet, but he will put his heart into his work. He has already visited important state building projects such as the hospital Bolzano, the university or several schools.
Thomas Widmann, on the other hand, will be responsible for the healthcare, cooperative and digital infrastructure. For Widmann it is a comeback in the state government, after five years at the head of the state parliament or the regional council. He described the areas assigned to him as "future industries". "One of the tasks of the health care system is to support aging people in the face of demographic change and higher life expectancy." But also the question of the personnel in the health service is because of the lack of skilled workers a future question. The same applies to broadband, it was formerly the access roads, which prevented the depopulation of rural areas, so this is now the broadband.
The new state government on the web:
www.provinz.bz.it/landesregierung