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Raymond Ranjeva | |
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 Ranjeva in 2006 | |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office February 1991 –February 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Kéba Mbaye |
| Succeeded by | Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 31,1942 Antananarivo,Madagascar |
Raymond Ranjeva (born August 31,1942) 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 (1965),University of Madagascar,Antananarivo;diplôme from Madagascar National School of Administration (1966);trainee in the Judicial Division of the Conseil d'Etat,Paris (1965–1966);diplôme d'études supérieures de sciences politiques,University of Paris,Faculty of Law and Economic Science (1966);diplôme d'études supérieures de droit public,University of Madagascar (1967);Doctorate of Law,Panthéon-Assas University (thesis:"La succession d'organisations internationales en Afrique");agrégéof the Faculties of Law and Economics,Public Law and Political Science section,Paris (1972).
He served as Vice President of the International Court of Justice from 2003 until 2006 and as a Judge of the Court from 1991 to 2009,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. Furthermore,he also served as a lecturer at The Hague Academy of International Law in 1987 and 1997.
For Raymond Ranjeva,a Franco-Malagasy joint management of the Scattered Islands is "a non-issue",the UN General Assembly having recognized Madagascar's sovereignty over these territories since 1979 [1] .
