István Pásztor | |
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President of the Assembly of Vojvodina | |
Assumed office 22 June 2012 |
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Preceded by | Sándor Egeresi |
Vice President of Provincial Government in charge of Economy |
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In office 2008–2012 |
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Provincial Secretary of Privatisation, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises | |
In office 2000–2008 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Novi Kneževac, SFR Yugoslavia |
20 August 1956
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.