István Pásztor (politician)

The native form of this personal name is Pásztor István. This article uses the Western name order.
István Pásztor
President of the Assembly of Vojvodina
Assumed office
22 June 2012
Preceded by Sándor Egeresi
Vice President of Provincial Government
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, SFR Yugoslavia
Citizenship Serbian
Nationality Hungarian
Political party Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Alma mater Novi Sad Law School
Religion Roman Catholic

István Pásztor (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈpaːstor]; Serbian: Ištvan Pastor / Иштван Пастор; born 20 August 1956 in Novi Kneževac) is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia. He graduated from the Novi Sad Law School. Currently, Pásztor is chairman of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians party and president of the Assembly of Vojvodina. He was formerly 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 at the 2008 Serbian presidential election. He won 2.26% of the vote in the first round, and supported Boris Tadić in the second round.


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