10 Facts About Artur Talvik

Artur Talvik was born on 13 June 1964 and is an Estonian politician, film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter.

Artur Talvik was a member of the Riigikogu and a former member of the Estonian Free Party.

Artur Talvik graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1988 and starting in 1992, was an actor at Nukuteater.

Artur Talvik was married to actress Epp Eespaev, with whom he has two children, a son and daughter.

Artur Talvik is married to Anneli Kalle-Talvik, a physician with who he has a daughter.

Artur Talvik was fined due to protesting a law that prohibited outside political ads after the cutoff date before an election by having campaign ads on his car after the date had passed, claiming it creates disadvantages for a small party to gain traction.

Artur Talvik was elected to be the committee chairman of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee on 16 December 2016, with Anneli Ott of the Centre Party as deputy chairwoman.

Artur Talvik is currently a member of the Rural Affairs Committee.

Artur Talvik's election came after the Free Party controversially kicked out fellow candidate for leadership Jevgeni Kristafovits on 24 March 2017 for "spreading falsities and slandering the party".

In May 2018, Artur Talvik chose not to re-run for the Free Party leadership and Herkel was reelected as the Free Party's chairman on 12 May A day later, Artur Talvik left the Estonian Free Party, but promised to stay in politics.