István Pásztor (politician)
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István Pásztor (; ; 20 August 1956 – 30 October 2023) was a Serbian politician who served as the
president of the Assembly of Vojvodina The president of the Assembly of Vojvodina () is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Assembly of Vojvodina, which serves as the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of the Vojvodina, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, within the Ser ...
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
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in the second round. Pásztor died on 30 October 2023, at the age of 67. 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
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* 1956 births 2023 deaths Presidents of the Assembly of Vojvodina Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina Members of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Government ministers of Vojvodina Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians politicians University of Novi Sad alumni People from Novi Kneževac Hungarians in Vojvodina Candidates for President of Serbia {{Serbia-politician-stub