title: Rein Ratas
text: # Rein Ratas
  
  Rein Ratas (9 May 1938 – 18 April 2022) was an Estonian politician, representing the Estonian Centre Party. Ratas served in the Riigikogu 2007–2011 and again 2015–2018. Due to a lengthy illness, Ratas was substituted by Igor Kravtšenko from December 2016 until September 2018, when Ratas formally left his seat for Kravtšenko.
  
  Ratas is the father of former Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas.
  
  