Oskar Peterlini
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Oskar Peterlini is a Representative of the German-speaking South Tyrolean Minority in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

, Italy
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. He is a member of the Italian Senate
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 in the Italian Parliament and used to be President of the district of the South Tyrolean Unterland
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 of the South Tyrolean People's Party
South Tyrolean People's Party
The South Tyrolean People's Party is a regionalist Christian democratic political party active in the Italian province of South Tyrol.Founded in 1945, the SVP represents the German-speaking population of the province, as well as Ladin speakers. Since the first election of the Provincial Council in...

 2001-2010.

Life

Peterlini was born on 19 September 1950 in Bolzano South Tyrol
South Tyrol
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 and lives today in the village of Branzolo. He studied Economics at the Universities of Modena
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 and Innsbruck
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, and graduated in Business Management at the University of Venice
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 "Ca' Foscari", and specialized in Portfolio Management
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 at the New York
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 New York Institute of Finance
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, http://www.nyif.com/. Recently he was awarded the Doctor
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 in Social and economic science at the Faculty of Political science
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 and Social sciences
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 of the University of Innsbruck. Peterlini speaks German, Italian, English and basic Japanese
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 as his wife Izumi is Japanese).
The brother of Oskar Peterlini is the journalist Hans Karl Peterlini. Peterlini has three children.

Career

Peterlini was from 1972 to 1979, first secretary then leader of the youth movement Junge Generation
Junge Generation (SVP)
The Young Generation is the youth organisation of the South Tyrolean People's Party , a political party representing the German-speaking and Ladin-speaking population of South Tyrol, an Italian province separated from the Austrian territory and annexed to the Italian Monarchy in 1920 as...

 of the Südtiroler Volkspartei. He was elected 1978 as youngest member to the Regional Parliament of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and the Provincial Parliament andtag (Südtirol) of South Tyrol. Peterlini was a member of the regional Parliament from 1978 till 1998 and served as its President from 1988 to 1998. He was chairman of the Budget and Economic Legislative Committee from 1983 to 1993. Among his achievements were an innovative law for the youth, one for family support and the first Italian law for animal protection. His most important work was the creation of a complementary pension system called Pens Plan for inhabitants of the Trentino South-Tyrol Region, whose activities he developed and coordinated starting from 1989.

In 2001 he was elected to the Italian Senate
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  as representative of the Südtiroler Volkspartei in an electoral cooperation with the Ulivo party. He was re-elected in 2006 in cooperation with Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
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s coalition and 2008 in cooperation with the Partito Democratico, which itself is a successor party to the Ulivo and the Unione of Prodi parties: 2001 (SVP-Ulivo), 2006 (SVP-Unione) and 2008 (SVP-Autonomie),.

He has been the President of the parliamentary group "Per le Autonomie" from 2006 to 2008. From 2001 to 2006 he has been member of the presidency of the legislative Committee for Welfare, from 2008 to 2010 also for School and Culture, and since 2006 a member of the committee for Constitutional Affairs of the Italian Senate.

Important Achievements

Oskar Peterlini is the projector of the complementary pension system in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region named Pensplan. In a collaboration between the region, unions and management he initiated the Pensplan system, which includes the service company of the Region called Centrum Pensplan, the pension founds Laborfonds and Plurifonds and the fund management company Pensplan Invest.

Books and publications (selection)

Peterlini is the author of several books and publications relating to the Special Statute of the Autonomous Region of Trentino South-Tyrol, about federalism and electoral systems and about the new pension system in Italy and in the Trentino South-Tyrol Region.

Federalism, autonomy

  • L’autonomia che cambia, in Italian, The effects of the constitutional reform of 2001 on the Special Autonomy of South Tyrol an Trentino, Casa editrice Praxis 3 Bolzano 2010. ISBN 978-88-96134061.
  • Föderalismus und Autonomien in Italien, Federalismo e Autonomie in Italia, in German and Italian with English summary, The effects of federal development in Italy on special autonomy, and especially on the Statute of the Trentino Alto Adige Südtirol,, Ph.D. Thesis, Leopold Franzens University, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Innsbruck 2010.
  • Secessione, riforma costituzionale, Senato federale, devolution, federalismo fiscale e sicurezza, in Provenzano, F.M.: Dall’interno della Lega – Testi e documenti per conoscere tutto della Lega Nord, Presse libre Italia, stampa Lito Terrazzi Cascine del Riccio, Firenze 2010. ISBN 8896964008, ISBN 13 9788896964002.
  • Mit Herz und Seele für Österreich und Südtirol, Mit Klecatsky durch Erlebnisse und Geschichte, Recht und Politik, in: Raffeiner, A./ Matscher, F./ Pernthaler, P.: Festschrift zum 90. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Hans Richard Klecatsky, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien 2010. ISBN 978-3-7083-0705-3.
  • The South-Tyrol Autonomy in Italy, Historical, Political and Legal Aspects. In: Oliveira J./Cardinal P. (edit.) (2009): One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders - Perspectives of Evolution, Springer. ISBN 3-540-68571-5, EAN 9783540685715, Libri 8094160:
  • Südtirols Vertretung am Faden Roms, (The South Tyrolean Representation on the string of Rome - the effects of electoral systems on a ethnic minorities) Die Auswirkungen von Wahlsystemen auf ethnische Minderheiten am Beispiel Südtirols in Rom von 1921-2013, in: Hilpold P. (ed) (2009): Minderheitenschutz in Italien, Reihe Ethnos 70, Braumüller Wien. ISBN 978-3-7003-1694-7:
  • Südtirols Vertretung in Rom (The South Tyrolean Representation in Rome, short version about the effects of electoral systems) Die Auswirkungen von Wahlsystemen auf ethnische Minderheiten, Europa Ethnica 3/4, S. 97-106, Braumüller, Wien 2008, ISSN 0014-2492:;
  • Die Föderalismusentwicklung in Italien und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Sonderautonomien (The development of federalism in Italy and the effects on the special autonomies), Zeitschrift für Öffentliches Recht (ZÖR 63), Springer Wien 2008. DOI 10.1007/S00708-008-0209-6, ISSN: 0948-4396 (Print) 1613-7663 (Online):
  • Evoluzione in senso federale e riforma costituzionale in Italia (The development of federalism in Italy and the constitutional reform)it, FÖDOK 27, Institut für Föderalismus, Innsbruck 2008. ISBN 978-3-901965-26-5:;
  • Föderalistische Entwicklung und Verfassungsreform in Italien, (The development of federalism in Italy and the constitutional reform) de FÖDOK 25, Institut für Föderalismus, Innsbruck 2007. ISBN 978-3-90165-24-1:;
  • Autonomie und Minderheitenschutz in Südtirol und im Trentino (Autonomy and the Protection of Ethnic Minorities in Trentino-South Tyrol), Region Trentino-Südtirol, Bozen-Trient 1996, ISBN 88-900077-0-2, (2000 auch in ladinischer Sprache). Neuausgabe: Braumüller, Wien 1997, ISBN 3-7003-1166-4. Neuauflage: Region Trentino-Südtirol, Bozen-Trient 2000, ISBN 88-900077-4-5:;
  • Autonomy and the Protection of Ethnic Minorities in Trentino-South Tyrol - An Overview of the History, Law and Politics, Braumüller, Wien 1997, ISBN 3-7003-1173-7:
  • Autonomia e tutela delle minoranze nel Trentino-Alto Adige (Autonomy and the Protection of Ethnic Minorities in Trentino-South Tyrol), Consiglio della Regione Autonoma del Trentino Alto Adige, Bolzano Trento 1996, ISBN 88-900077-1-0. Neuauflage 2000, ISBN 88-900077-9-6:
  • Aspetti e problemi dello Statuto di Autonomia, (Aspects and problems of the Autonomy Statute) in: "La storia dell‘Alto Adige“, Istituto Magistrale Italiano, Bolzano 1980. New edition 1989.
  • Il Sudtirolo, una prova d'esame per l'Europa (South Tyrol, a touchstone for Europe) (German, Italian), in: "Minoranze linguistiche fra storia e politica", pp. 113–144, CIVIS suppl. 4/88, Biblioteca Cappuccini, Trento 1988.
  • Der ethnische Proporz in Südtirol (The ethnic proportion in South Tyrol), Athesia, Bozen 1980. ISBN 88-7014-185-3:

Electoral systems

  • Sistemi elettorali e minoranze linguistiche, Wahlsysteme und Sprachminderheiten, in German and Italian, The impact of electoral systems on minority representation in Parliament following the example of linguistic minorities in South Tyrol Südtirol, research projects at the Faculty of Political Science at the Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck 2010.
  • Südtirols Vertretung am Faden Roms, (The South Tyrolean Representation on the string of Rome - the effects of electoral systems on a ethnic minorities) Die Auswirkungen von Wahlsystemen auf ethnische Minderheiten am Beispiel Südtirols in Rom von 1921-2013, in: Hilpold P. (ed) (2009): Minderheitenschutz in Italien, Reihe Ethnos 70, Braumüller Wien. ISBN 978-3-7003-1694-7:
  • Südtirols Vertretung in Rom (The South Tyrolean Representation in Rome, short version about the effects of electoral systems) Die Auswirkungen von Wahlsystemen auf ethnische Minderheiten, Europa Ethnica 3/4, S. 97-106, Braumüller, Wien 2008, ISSN 0014-2492:;

Social security and pension funds

  • Le nuovi pensioni (The new pensions –experiences and strategies to avoid the pension crash). FrancoAngeli, Mailand 2003. ISBN 88-464-4202-4:;/le_nuove_pensioni_esperienze_e_strategie_per_uscire_dalla_crisi_previdenziale_.htm
  • Come cambia la tutela previdenziale: un’esperienza locale (How is changing the social security). In: I giovani e la previdenza complementare. Atti del convegno, 17 settembre 2003 a Bologna. Covip Bollettino Quaderno n. 4, Roma.
  • Zukunft planen (Planning the future), Athesia, Bozen 2000. ISBN 88-8266-089-3:
  • Pianificare il futuro(Planning the future), Athesia, Bolzano 2000. ISBN 88-8266-091-5.
  • Assicurarsi il futuro, Zukunft sichern (Assuring the future) (German, Italian) Centrum PensPlan, , Bolzano 1998.
  • Das Familienpaket, Il pacchetto famiglia (The family package) (German, Italian) Casse Rurali dell'Alto Adige, Bolzano, 3 parts, 1992 and 1993.

Economy

  • Relazioni al bilancio provinciale (Record to the provincial budget) (German, Italian), annuali, come Presidente della Commissione Bilancio, Finanze ed Economia del Consiglio provinciale dell'Alto Adige, dal 1984 al 1994.
  • Il bilancio della Provincia – uno strumento politico – economico (The provincial budget - a political economic instrument) (German, Italian), Consiglio della Provincia autonoma, Bolzano 1990.
  • Wie geht’s uns in unserem Land (How do we live in our country?), supplement to OP-Information 63, OP-Werbung, Bolzano 1988.
  • Quantitativer und qualitativer Bedarf an Arbeitskräften im öffentlichen Dienst in Südtirol (The quantitative and qualitative demand of employer in the public ministration), University of Innsbruck, Thesis, 1979.

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