Ülle Madise | |
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 Madise in 2015 | |
| Chancellor of Justice | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2015 | |
| President | Toomas Hendrik Ilves Kersti Kaljulaid Alar Karis |
| Prime Minister | Taavi Rõivas Jüri Ratas Kaja Kallas |
| Preceded by | Indrek Teder |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ülle Anton 11 December 1974 Tartu, Estonia |
| Spouse | Lauri Madise |
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| Alma mater | University of Tartu (LLB; LLM) |
Ülle Madise (née Anton; born 11 December 1974) is an Estonian lawyer who has served as Chancellor of Justice since 2015. Madise is the daughter of former member of the Supreme Court of Estonia Tõnu Anton. In December 2021 Madise was re-appointed by the Riigikogu for a second term as Chancellor of Justice.
Education
[edit]Madise graduated in 1993 from Tartu Descartes School and in 1998 received a cum laude from the University of Tartu, Faculty of Law.[1]
Biography
[edit]Her father is Tõnu Anton, a former member of the Supreme Court of Estonia and signatory of the ratification of the Estonian restoration of Independence. Ülle Madise is also a professor of constitutional law at the University of Tartu.[2]
Madise is the daughter of former member of the Supreme Court of Estonia Tõnu Anton. In December 2021 Madise was re-appointed by the Riigikogu for a second term as Chancellor of Justice.[3][4] In Estonia, the justice chancellor is not a political appointment, but is appointed by the Riigikogu for a seven year term. The chancellor is "to act as independent supervisor of the basic principles of the Constitution of Estonia and the protector of individual human and social rights, human dignity and equality, and the rule of law".[5]
From 2010 she served five years on the Board of Governors of the Estonian Academy of Arts.[6] She was a member of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, served on the Estonian Council of the Ethics of Public Officials, the European Region of International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and the IOI World Board.[6]
As chancellor of justice, Madise has commented on plans for surveillance cameras,[7] the publishing of details from surveillance phone calls of people not accused of a crime,[8] intervened in the issuing of digital identification cards,[9] and called the Estonian car tax law illegal.[10]
Madise was the host of two regular radio science shows on Estonian radio station Radio Kuku between 2009 and 2018, and spends her leisure time watching nature documentaries.[6][5]
Work
[edit]- 1997–1998 Specialist, Department of Public Law, Ministry of Justice
- 1998–2002 Head of the Department of Public Law, Ministry of Justice
- 2001–2005 Lecturer at the University of Tartu
- 2002 Parliamentary Adviser to the Minister for Justice
- 2002–2005 Adviser to the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu
- 2005–2009 Teacher at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology
- 2006–2010 Member of the Estonian National Electoral Committee
- 2009–2015 Legal adviser to the President of Estonia
- 2009–2011 Professor of Public Law at the Tallinn University of Technology
- From 2011, professor of constitutional law at the University of Tartu, Department of Public Law, Department of State and Administrative Law
- From 2015, The Chancellor of Justice of Estonia
References
[edit]- ^ Eesti Teadusinfosüsteem. "Eesti Teadusinfosüsteem". etis.ee. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Ülle Madise". Conference of Human Rights. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ^ Turovski, Marcus: Riigikogu appoints Ülle Madise for second justice chancellor term. ERR News. Retrieved 15 December 2021
- ^ "ÜLLE MADISE | Conference of Human Rights 2023". Estonian Institute of Human Rights. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b Viirpalu, Katrin (9 October 2024). "Ülle Madise: I need no theater to remind me life is nasty, brutish and short". ERR news. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise | Õiguskantsler". www.oiguskantsler.ee. 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Õiguskantsler ja jurist kritiseerivad näotuvastusega kaameravõrgu plaani". ERR news (in Estonian). 20 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Justice chancellor hits out at media for publishing surveilled phone calls". ERR news. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Opiah, Abigail (19 June 2024). "Estonia's Chancellor of Justice halts digital ID card issuance at Selver stores | Biometric Update". www.biometricupdate.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Justice chancellor: Estonia's car tax law unconstitutional". ERR news. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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