Raivo Järvi, commonly known under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 of Onu Raivo (born December 23, 1954 in Pärnu

Pärnu

Pärnu is a city in southwestern Estonia on the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches. The Pärnu River flows through the city and drains into the Gulf of Riga...

) is Estonian artist

Artist

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, radio personality

Radio personality

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 and politician

Politician

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Artistic career

Järvi was a freelance artist from 1983 until 2003. He has illustrated more than 22 books. He wrote and illustrated one children's book.

Mass media career

Järvi has appeared in a number of TV shows and radio programmes, most famously in Kõige Suurem Sõber

Kõige suurem sõber

Kõige Suurem Sõber was a long-running children's TV show on Estonian Television in the early 1980s. It featured a big orange furry creature called Leopold and a host of other more or less recurring characters, and is for many Estonians a symbol of childhood and/or children's TV.Unfortunately,...

 and Onu Raivo Jutupliiats.
Currently, Järvi appears regularly Radio Kuku

Radio Kuku

Radio Kuku is an Estonian radio station. It was the first politically independent privately owned radio station in post-occupation Estonia, established in 1992 by a media businessman and later politician Rein Lang and a founder of the first politically independent newspaper Eesti Ekspress, Hans H...

 at Onu Raivo rännakud

Onu Raivo rännakud

Onu Raivo rännakud is a weekly entertainment programme hosted by Raivo Järvi on Radio Kuku.- External links :* *...

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Political career

Järvi has been a member of Riigikogu

Riigikogu

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 since 2003. He is a member of the Estonian Reform Party

Estonian Reform Party

The Estonian Reform Party is a centre-right, free market liberal party in Estonia. It is led by Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and has 33 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature...

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