Magnago, Silvius#
b. Meran/Merano (South Tyrol), Feb. 5, 1914, law graduate and politician (South Tyrolean People's Party), 1948 to 1952 Vice Mayor of Bozen/Bolzano, President of the Landtag and President of the Regional Council, 1957 to 1991 Chairman of the South Tyrolean People's Party SVP, 1960 to 1989 Landeshauptmann of South Tyrol, honorary chairman of the SVP, charismatic unifying presence in South Tyrol; a successful negotiator, ("Father of the South Tyrol Package"), he was instrumental in resolving the issue of the status of South Tyrol. Strong advocate of a United Europe of Regions.
Literature#
G. Solderer (ed.), S. M.: eine Biographie Suedtirols, 1996.