Raymond Ranjeva served as a judge on the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

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 from 1991 until February 2009.

He holds the following degrees: Bachelor's degree in law (1965), University of Madagascar

University of Madagascar

The University of Madagascar was the former name of the centralized public university system in Madagascar, although the original branch in Antananarivo is still often called by that name....

, 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

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, Faculty of Law and Economic Science (1966); diplôme d'études supérieures de droit public, University of Madagascar

University of Madagascar

The University of Madagascar was the former name of the centralized public university system in Madagascar, although the original branch in Antananarivo is still often called by that name....

 (1967); Doctorate of Law, University of Paris II (thesis: "La succession d'organisations internationales en Afrique"); agrégé of the Faculties of Law and Economics, Public Law and Political Science section, Paris (1972).

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

University of Madagascar

The University of Madagascar was the former name of the centralized public university system in Madagascar, although the original branch in Antananarivo is still often called by that name....

 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

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in 1987 and 1997.