Raymond Ranjeva

Who is Raymond Ranjeva?

Raymond Ranjeva, served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from February, 1991 until February, 2009.

He holds the following degrees: Bachelor's degree in law, University of Madagascar, Antananarivo; diplôme from Madagascar National School of Administration; trainee in the Judicial Division of the Conseil d'Etat, Paris; diplôme d'études supérieures de sciences politiques, University of Paris, Faculty of Law and Economic Science; diplôme d'études supérieures de droit public, University of Madagascar; Doctorate of Law, Panthéon-Assas University; agrégé of the Faculties of Law and Economics, Public Law and Political Science section, Paris.

He served as Vice President of the ICJ from 2003 until 2006 and has been a Member of the Court since 1991, having won reelection in 2000. Prior to his election to the Court, he was a Professor of Law at the University of Madagascar from 1981 to 1991, the same university he earned a B.A. from in 1965. In addition, he served as a Lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1987 and 1997.