Trentino Tyrolean People's Party
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The Trentino Tyrolean People's Party was a regionalist
Regionalism (politics)
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 Christian-democratic
Christian Democracy
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 Italian political party based in Trentino which was active from 1948 to 1992.

History

The PPTT was formed in 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 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol as special statute Region.

In the 1948 provincial election the party won 16.8% of the vote and became a junior partner in Christian Democracy
Christian Democracy (Italy)
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-led government. The PPTT, whose longgstanding leader was Enrico Pruner, became the sister-party 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...

, although the two were independent parties.

In 1982 a split between the conservative wing, led by Franco Tretter, and the centrist wing of the party, led by longstanding leader Enrico Pruner. The first group retained the name of the party but then changed it to Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union
The Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union was a regionalist christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino which was active from 1982 to 1988.-History:...

, while second one took the name of Integral Autonomy
Integral Autonomy (1980s)
Integral Autonomy was a regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:In 1982 the Trentino Tyrolean People's Party broke up: the more conservative wing formed the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union , while the more centrist Integral Autonomy, under the...

. In 1988 the two groups merged into the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
The Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party is a regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:The party was founded in 1948 as Trentino Tyrolean People's Party . In 1982 a split between the conservative wing, led by Franco Tretter, and the centrist wing of the...

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