István Pásztor (politician)

István Pásztor
István Pásztor
Иштван Пастор
	Pásztor in 2012
President of the Assembly of Vojvodina
	In office; 22 June 2012 – 30 October 2023
Preceded by	Sándor Egeresi
Succeeded by	Momo Čolaković
Vice-President of the Government of Vojvodina; in charge of Economy
	In office; 2008–2012
Provincial Secretary of Privatisation, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
	In office; 2000–2008
Personal details
Born	20 August 1956; Novi Kneževac, SAP Vojvodina, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	30 October 2023 (aged 67); Novi Sad, Serbia
Citizenship	Serbian
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Children	Bálint Pásztor
Alma mater	University of Novi Sad
Occupation	Politician
Awards	Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit with Star

István Pásztor (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈpaːstor]; Serbian: Иштван Пастор, romanized: Ištvan Pastor; 20 August 1956 – 30 October 2023) was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 until his death in 2023. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians from 2008 to 2023.

Biography

István Pásztor was born in Novi Kneževac, SAP Vojvodina on 20 August 1956. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law. In his later years, Pásztor was the chairman of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and president of the Assembly of Vojvodina. He was once a leader of the Hungarian Coalition, which also included two other ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia.

Pásztor was the candidate of the Hungarian Coalition in the 2008 Serbian presidential election. He won 2.26% of the vote in the first round, and supported Boris Tadić in the second round.

Pásztor died on 30 October 2023, at the age of 67.^[1] His death received condolences from politicians in Serbia and Hungary, and his funeral on November 4 was attended by President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik and President of Hungary Viktor Orbán.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Preminuo Ištvan Pastor". Tanjug (in Serbian). 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Orbán Viktor: Pásztor István összebékítette a magyar és a szerb népet". felvidek.ma. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ Dragojlo, Sasa (31 October 2023). "Tributes Paid After Death of Political Leader of Serbia's Hungarians". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

External links

(in Hungarian and Serbian) Hungarian Coalition
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[1] "Preminuo Ištvan Pastor". Tanjug (in Serbian). 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[2] "Orbán Viktor: Pásztor István összebékítette a magyar és a szerb népet". felvidek.ma. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[3] Dragojlo, Sasa (31 October 2023). "Tributes Paid After Death of Political Leader of Serbia's Hungarians". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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