Rein Ratas (9 May 1938 â 18 April 2022) was an Estonian politician, representing the Estonian Centre Party. Ratas served in the Riigikogu 2007âÂÂ2011 and again 2015âÂÂ2018. Due to a lengthy illness, Ratas was substituted by Igor Kravtà ¡enko from December 2016 until September 2018, when Ratas formally left his seat for Kravtà ¡enko.
Ratas is the father of former Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas.
Ratas died on 18 April 2022, aged 83.