Rait Maruste
Rait Maruste (born September 17, 1953 in Pärnu ) is an Estonian lawyer and politician.
Life and work
Rait Maruste finished school in Pärnu-Jaagupi in 1972 . He graduated from Tartu University in 1977 with a law degree . In 1984 he received his doctorate from Leningrad University . From 1977 to 1989 he was a member of the CPSU .
From 1977 to 1991 Maruste taught law at the University of Tartu. Research stays took him to the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg im Breisgau (1991) and to the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (1995).
After Estonian independence was regained, Rait Maruste was chairman of the Estonian State Court from December 1992 to August 1998, based in Tartu . From 1998 to 2010 he was an Estonian judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg .
Rait Maruste is also the author of numerous legal publications. His focus is on constitutional law and the protection of human rights .
politics
In 2010 Maruste joined the liberal reform party (Reformierakond) under Prime Minister Andrus Ansip . Since the 2011 elections he has been a member of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) . There he was a member of the constitutional committee.
Private life
Rait Maruste is married to the Swedish lawyer and former ECHR judge Elisabet Fura (* 1954). He has a son and a daughter from his first marriage.
Web links
- Rait Maruste's website
- CV (Estonian Parliament)
- Short CV and numerous articles ( Juridica magazine )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maruste, Rait |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian lawyer and politician, member of the Riigikogu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pärnu , Estonian SSR , Soviet Union |