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{{Short description|Czech journalist, activist, and politician (1941–2021)}}
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| name          = Petr Uhl
| image         = Petr Uhl.jpg
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| caption       = Uhl in 2015
| birth_name    = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date    = 8 October 1941
| birth_place   = [[Prague]], [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|12|01|1941|10|08}}
| death_place   =
| nationality   = Czech
| other_names   =
| occupation    = Journalist
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| party         = [[Civic Forum|OF]] (1989–1991) <br/> [[Civic Movement|OH]] (1991–1992) <br/> [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|SZ]] (2002–2007)
| office        = Member of the [[Federal Assembly (Czechoslovakia)|Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia]]
| term_start    = 7 June 1990
| term_end      = 4 June 1992
| office2       = Chairman of the {{ill|Council and Government Commissioner for Human Rights|cs|Rada vlády pro lidská práva}}
| term_start2   = September 1998
| term_end2     = February 2001
| predecessor2  = ''position established''
| successor2    = {{ill|Jan Jařab|cs}}
}}
'''Petr Uhl''' (8 October 1941 – 1 December 2021) was a Czech journalist, activist, and politician.<ref>{{cite news |last=Willoughby|first=Ian|date=12 December 2021|title=Communist-era dissident Petr Uhl dies at 80|url=https://english.radio.cz/communist-era-dissident-petr-uhl-dies-80-8735584|work=[[Radio Prague]]|location= |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> A member of the [[Civic Forum]], he served in the [[Federal Assembly (Czechoslovakia)|Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia]] from 1990 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.psp.cz/eknih/1990fs/rejstrik/jmenny/sncu.html|title=UHL Petr, Ing.|work=Federální shromáždění ČSFR|language=Czech}}</ref> He was also a signatory of [[Charter 77]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Tomek|first=Miroslav|date=23 October 2019|title=Před 40 lety skončil proces proti Výboru na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných. Mezi odsouzenými byli Uhl i Havel|trans-title= |url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/veda-technologie/historie/pred-40-lety-skoncil-proces-proti-vyboru-na-obranu-nespravedlive-stihanych-mezi_1910231415_mtk|language=Czech|work=iROZHLAS|location= |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/img/img-pamphlets/petr-uhl.pdf ''Petr Uhl and the jailed Chartists in Czechoslovakia''], International Marxist Group, 1980.
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[[Category:1941 births]]
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[[Category:Charter 77 signatories]]
[[Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour]]
[[Category:Czech anti-communists]]
[[Category:Czech Technical University in Prague alumni]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak prisoners and detainees]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak democracy activists]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak dissidents]]
[[Category:Civic Forum politicians]]
[[Category:Journalists from Prague]]
[[Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite]]
[[Category:People of the Velvet Revolution]]
[[Category:Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)]]
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