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Jüri Ratas

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Jüri Ratas (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈjyri ˈrɑtːɑs]; born 2 July 1978) is an Estonian politician who served as the prime minister of Estonia from 2016 to 2021 and as the leader of the Centre Party from 2016 to 2023, and the mayor of Tallinn from 2005 to 2007. Ratas was a member of the Centre Party until switching to Isamaa in 2024. As the prime minister Ratas led two cabinets his first cabinet was in office from 2016 to 2019 and second from 2019 to 2021. His second cabinet was notable for its share of public scandals, highest number of resignations of ministers in Estonian history and the number of public apologies from Ratas, mostly connected to the activities and offensive public statements of the smaller coalition partner nationalist and right-wing populist EKRE party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jüri Ratas is the 14,257th most popular politician (down from 14,034th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 136th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Estonian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jüri Ratas ranks 14,257 out of 19,576Before him are Amr ibn al-Layth, Erskine Hamilton Childers, John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, Sames II Theosebes Dikaios, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, and Merhotepre Ini. After him are Galina Starovoytova, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Vicente Rocafuerte, Jón Magnússon, Sewadjkare Hori, and Rezin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Jüri Ratas ranks 98Before him are Yiruma, Volodymyr Groysman, Wes Bentley, Azis, Eve, and Tyrese Gibson. After him are Marwan al-Shehhi, Selma Ergeç, Liya Kebede, Matthew Goode, Emma Heming Willis, and Daniel Risch.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jüri Ratas ranks 140 out of 351Before him are Johannes Kotkas (1915), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Arnold Meri (1919), Anne Veski (1956), Johannes Käbin (1905), and Jaak Panksepp (1943). After him are Alfons Rebane (1908), Harald Tammer (1899), Joann Lõssov (1921), Voldemar Väli (1903), Aleksey Shakhmatov (1864), and Carl Gustav Axel Harnack (1851).

Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Jüri Ratas ranks 49Before him are Otto Tief (1889), Pavel Schilling (1786), Johan Pitka (1872), Emma Asson (1889), Vaino Väljas (1931), and Johannes Käbin (1905). After him are Mart Helme (1949), Jüri Jaakson (1870), Heinrich Mark (1911), Marju Lauristin (1940), Juhan Parts (1966), and Nikolai Stepulov (1913).