Silvius Magnago
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Silvius Magnago (5 February 1914 – 25 May 2010) was a South Tyrolean politician who served as Chairman of the South Tyrolean People's Party from 1957 to 1991 and as Governor of South Tyrol from 1960 to 1989.[1]
Biography
Magnago was born in Merano, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on 5 February 1914. In 1936 he graduated from the grammar school of the Franciscans in Bolzano. He studied law at the University of Bologna and graduated with a JD in June 1940. Because of his rejection of Italian Fascism he chose to move to Germany in 1939, but remained first in South Tyrol, where he worked in Bolzano for a commission to estimate the assets of the Tyroleans following the South Tyrol Option Agreement. He was eventually conscripted into the German Army as a lieutenant, and sent to the Eastern Front, where a severe injury lead to the amputation of his left leg.
In the postwar period Magnago started his political activities in the municipal council of Bolzano as a member of the newly founded
After suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years, Magnago died in Bolzano on 25 May 2010.
Legacy
Due to his long-time commitment to self-governance of his native province, he is widely regarded as the father of South Tyrolean autonomy.
Bibliography
- Hans Benedikter: Silvius Magnago: ein Leben für Südtirol. Athesia, Bozen 1983, ISBN 88-7014-296-5.
- Claudio Calabrese: Silvius Magnago: il patriarca (1914–2010). Praxis 3, Bozen 2010, ISBN 978-88-96134-08-5.
- ISBN 978-88-7283-300-1.
- Gottfried Solderer (ed.): Silvius Magnago: eine Biographie Südtirols. Edition Raetia, Bozen 1996, ISBN 978-88-7283-053-6.
References
- ^ "Magnago, Silvius". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.