Radim Uzel (27 March 1940 – 2 May 2022) was a Czech sexologist and director of the Society for Family Planning and Sexual Education (''Společnost pro plánování rodiny a sexuální výchovu''). He was also an unsuccessful candidate to the Senate of the Czech Republic.

Biography

Uzel was born in Ostrava. In 1957, following his graduation at the gymnasium in

Orlová Orlová (; pl, ; german: Orlau) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Orlová is made up of four town parts: Lazy, Lutyně, Město and Poru ...

, he studied at the

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of Masaryk University in

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. Uzel died in Prague on 2 May 2022, aged 82. He had been battling

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1940 births 2022 deaths Czech sexologists Czech gynaecologists Masaryk University alumni Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) People from Ostrava Deaths from cancer in the Czech Republic Deaths from stomach cancer {{CzechRepublic-med-bio-stub

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