István Pásztor, the president of the Vojvodina Hungarian Federation (VMSZ), has died, his son Bálint Pásztor, the leader of the VMSZ republican parliamentary group, announced on social media on Monday.
The 67-year-old politician died after a short, serious illness.
István Pásztor led the largest Hungarian party in the south for more than 16 years, from 2007 until now. Most recently, he was re-elected as party chairman in May of this year. He was also a city representative of Subotica, a member of Parliament in Belgrade, and the president of the Vojvodina Provincial House of Representatives.
The year before last, the middle cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit was awarded with the star, and a year later, the president of the Republic of Serbia awarded the president of the VMSZ the first degree of the Candlemas Day Order of Merit.
István Pásztor was born in Törökkanizsa in 1956. He completed elementary school and high school in Subotica, and in 1980 he obtained a university degree at the Faculty of Law of the University of Novi Sad. He has been a member of VMSZ since 1994.
His family will inform the public about the date of István Pásztor's funeral later.
“He went the way of the warriors. God rest István Pásztor"
- wrote Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, in his Facebook post.
MTI
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