Tyrolean Homeland Party
Political party in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tyrolean Homeland Party (German: Tiroler Heimatpartei, THP) was a regionalist liberal-conservative[1] political party active in South Tyrol, Italy from 1963 to 1968.
Tyrolean Homeland Party Tiroler Heimatpartei | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Josef Raffeiner |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Dissolved | 1968 |
| Split from | South Tyrolean People's Party |
| Ideology | South Tyrol regionalism Liberal conservatism (original) Economic liberalism (original) National conservatism (later) |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
It was launched in 1963 by Josef Raffeiner, former secretary of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) from 1945 to 1947 and then Senator from 1948 to 1958, as a split of part of the economically liberal and liberal-conservative wing of SVP. In the 1963 general election THP took about 4% in the Province and in the 1964 provincial election 2.4% (Raffeiner was elected to the Council). It was the first notable competition to the catch-all SVP for the German-speaking electorate. After that, the party shifted to the right, attracting disgruntled right-wing conservatives. This development was contrary to what Raffeiner had planned and he disbanded the THP in 1968.[2][3]
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