Priit Aimla (born 19 April 1941 in

Võru Võru (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, at the request of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the o ...

) is an Estonian

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and

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known for several

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and books. During 1992 to 1995, he belonged to the

VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1992 election, the first after the Estonian Restoration of Independence. Election results Results: Officers Speaker of the Rii ...

, having been elected as a member of the

Independent Royalist Party of Estonia Independent Royalist Party of Estonia () was a frivolous political party in Estonia in the 1990s. It is now defunct. The party, widely considered a humorous expression of protest, was successful in the 1992 Estonian parliamentary elections, wi ...

; later, he switched to the

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and was elected as a member of

VIII Riigikogu VIII Riigikogu was the eighth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1995 election. Election results Officers Speaker of the Riigikogu: Toomas Savi Toomas Savi (born 30 December 1942 in Tartu, ...

. Since 1999, he has been a member of the

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. In October 1980, Aimla was a signatory of the Letter of 40 Intellectuals, a public letter in which forty prominent Estonian intellectuals defended the

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and protested the

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policies of the

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in Estonia. The signatories also expressed their unease against Republic-level government in harshly dealing with youth protests in Tallinn that were sparked a week earlier due to the banning of a public performance of the

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band

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Awards

In 1990, Priit Aimla was awarded the

Meie Mats Meie Mats, named after an Estonian folk song, is a prestigious yearly humour award issued since 1987 and originally initiated by Edgar Spriit, the chief editor of '' Pikker'', a long-time Estonian humour magazine.Maaleht 18 January 2001Kellest sa ...

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18 January 2001
Kellest saab Meie Mats 2001?
by

Lembit Sibul Lembit Sibul (January 14, 1947 — October 2, 2001) was an Estonian humorist and stage actor, known for his work with the Estonian satire and humor magazine, ''Pikker (magazine), Pikker''. In 1997 Lembit Sibul was awarded the Estonian humor a ...

Pikker Pikne (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of lightning in Estonian mythology. In Finnish, lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are taboo euphemisms. There was an ...

References

External links

Priit Aimla at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
1941 births Living people People from Võru Politicians from Võru County Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Estonian Centre Party politicians Estonian Royalist Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995 Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999 Estonian comedians Estonian humorists Estonian male dramatists and playwrights Estonian male screenwriters University of Tartu alumni Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class Recipients of Meie Mats {{Estonia-writer-stub