Jüri Rätsep

Jüri Rätsep (3 July 1935 – 1 August 2018) was an Estonian lawyer, politician and judge.

[1] He graduated in 1956 from the Elva Workers' High School and in 1961 from the law faculty of the University of Tartu.

He worked as a researcher and assistant prosecutor in the Viljandi Prosecutor's Office from 1961 to 1966; Since 1966 he was a lawyer in Viljandi's legal counsel and he was a member of the Estonian Bar Association.

From 1988 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Sakala County Popular Front.

[4] From 11 August 1993 to 14 February 2002 he was a judge of the Supreme Court.