István Pásztor (politician)

István Pásztor
Иштван Пастор
Pásztor in 2021
President of the Assembly of Vojvodina
In office
22 June 2012 – 30 October 2023
Preceded bySándor Egeresi
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(1956-08-20)20 August 1956
Novi Kneževac, SAP Vojvodina, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died30 October 2023(2023-10-30) (aged 67)
CitizenshipSerbian
NationalityHungarian
Political partyAlliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
ChildrenBálint Pásztor
Alma materUniversity of Novi Sad
OccupationPolitician
AwardsCommander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit with Star

István Pásztor (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈpaːstor]; Serbian: Иштван Пастор, romanizedIštvan 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.



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