Rait Maruste
Estonian legal scholar and politician (born 1953)
About Rait Maruste
Born 1953. Rait Maruste is an Estonian author, university teacher, politician, non-fiction writer, judge and lawyer.
Rait Maruste (born 27 September 1953, in Pärnu) is an Estonian former judge, legal scholar and politician. He was a member of the IX, X, XI and XII Riigikogu.
From 1992 until 1998 he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia. He then served as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights from 1998 to 2010.
He is a member of the Estonian Reform Party.
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Who is Rait Maruste?
Estonian legal scholar and politician (born 1953)
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Rait Maruste was born on 27 September 1953 in Pärnu.
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Rait Maruste is an author, university teacher, politician, non-fiction writer, judge and lawyer.
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Rait Maruste is Estonian.
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