Sándor Páll ( Serbian: Шандор Пал, ''Šandor Pal'') (15 February 1954,

Bačko Petrovo Selo Bačko Petrovo Selo ( sr-cyr, Бачко Петрово Село; Hungarian: ''Péterréve'', German: ''Batschko Petrovo Selo'') is a village located in the Bečej Municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Auton ...

– 7 July 2010,

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) was an ethnic Hungarian

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and leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. Born in

to Hungarian father and Serbian mother, he graduated in 1977 as a teacher of Yugoslav literature at the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; hu, Újvidéki Egyetem) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of ...

and got his MB in 1988. Formerly a schoolteacher, he was afterwards a professor at the University of Novi Sad. He died in

on 7 July 2010 at the age of 56. Along with András Ágoston, he was one of the leaders of the coalition " Hungarian Union" which contested the

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, but won no seats. He later became (and remained till his death) a member of the "

Hungarian Coalition The Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció (MK); sr, Мађарска Коалиција (МК), ''Mađarska Koalicija'' (MK)) was a political coalition composed of 3 ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia: the Alliance of Vojvodina Hu ...

", together with István Pásztor's

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and Ágoston's

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, created for the purpose of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pall, Sandor 1954 births 2010 deaths People from Bečej Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians politicians University of Novi Sad alumni Hungarians in Vojvodina