Sándor Páll (

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: Шандор Пал, ''Šandor Pal'') (15 February 1954, Bačko Petrovo Selo – 7 July 2010,

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) was an ethnic Hungarian

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and leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. Born in Bačko Petrovo Selo in

to Hungarian father and

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mother, he graduated in 1977 as a teacher of Yugoslav literature at the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; hu, Újvidéki Egyetem) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of ...

and got his MB in 1988. Formerly a schoolteacher, he was afterwards a professor at the University of Novi Sad. He died in

on 7 July 2010 at the age of 56. Along with

András Ágoston András Ágoston ( sr, Андраш Агоштон, translit=Andraš Agošton; born 1944) is a Serbian retired politician. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians from its foundation in 1997 to 2012. He was one ...

, he was one of the leaders of the coalition " Hungarian Union" which contested the

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, but won no seats. He later became (and remained till his death) a member of the "

Hungarian Coalition The Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció (MK); sr, Мађарска Коалиција (МК), ''Mađarska Koalicija'' (MK)) was a political coalition composed of 3 ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia: the Alliance of Vojvodina Hu ...

", together with István Pásztor's

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ( hu, Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség; sr, Савез војвођанских Мађара, Savez vojvođanskih Mađara; abbr. СВМ, SVM, or VMSZ) is a regionalist political party in Serbia representing th ...

and Ágoston's Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, created for the purpose of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pall, Sandor 1954 births 2010 deaths People from Bečej Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians politicians University of Novi Sad alumni Hungarians in Vojvodina