Leader of Hungarians living in Serbia died today – UPDATED
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has paid tribute to István Pásztor, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ), who died on Monday.
“He went the way of the warriors. God rest István Pásztor,” the prime minister said of Pasztor in a post on Facebook. Orban posted a photo of himself with Pásztor with the words “Farewell, my friend.” Pásztor died at the age of 67 after a short, serious illness, his son, Bálint Pásztor, said on social media.
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Speaker pays tribute to Vojvodina Hungarian leader
Speaker of Parliament László Kövér on Tuesday expressed his condolences over the recent death of István Pásztor, head of the parliament of Vojvodina province in Serbia and leader of the ethnic Hungarian VMSZ party. In a message to Pásztor’s son, Bálint Pásztor, Kövér referred to the deceased politician as “a revered representative of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin … who was an example to us all of perseverance and commitment.”
Pásztor worked to ensure education in Hungarian, a multitude of developments and preservation of historic monuments in his homeland, as well as to promote civilised political dialogue between Hungary and Serbia in the interest of preserving the rights of ethnic minorities, Kover said. He noted Pásztor’s achievements “in the process of a historic reconciliation between the Serbian and Hungarian nations.”