István Pásztor (politician)

István Pásztor (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈpaːstor]; Serbian: Иштван Пастор, romanized: Ištvan Pastor; born 20 August 1956) is a Serbian politician who has been the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina since 2012. An ethnic Hungarian, he has led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians since 2008.

István Pásztor
Иштван Пастор
Pásztor in 2021
President of the Assembly of Vojvodina
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2012
Preceded by	Sándor 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, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia
Citizenship	Serbian
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Children	Bálint Pásztor
Alma mater	University of Novi Sad
Occupation	Politician
Awards	Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit with Star

He graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law. Currently, Pásztor is the chairman of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 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 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.