Felix Schnyder
Swiss jurist (1910–1992)
Felix Schnyder | |
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Chairman of UNICEF | |
In office 1960–1960 | |
Preceded by | John Ryan |
Succeeded by | W. A. E. Green |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
In office 1960–1965 | |
Preceded by | August R. Lindt |
Succeeded by | Sadruddin Aga Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | (1910-03-05)5 March 1910 |
Died | 8 November 1992(1992-11-08) (aged 82) |
Nationality | Swiss |
Profession | diplomat |
Felix Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 November 1992) was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat. He served as Chairman of UNICEF in 1960 and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1960 to 1965.[1]
Career
Schnyder studied law and joined the Swiss diplomatic service in 1940. He was posted to Moscow, Berlin and Washington D.C. In 1958 he was appointed the Swiss Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York. He was elected to the UNICEF Executive Board and served as Chairman in 1960. From 1960 to 1965 he was the third United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in succession to August R. Lindt.[2]
References
- ^ Felix Schnyder, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- ^ Marc Perrenoud: Schnyder, Felix in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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Chairperson and Presidents of UNICEF
- Ludwik Rajchman (1946–50)
- Adelaide Sinclair (1951–52)
- August R. Lindt (1953– 54)
- Balachandra Rajan (1955–56)
- Mahmood Shafqat (1957–58)
- John Ryan (1959)
- Felix Schnyder (1960)
- W. A. E. Green (1961)
- Miguel E. Bustamente (1962–63)
- Zina Harman (1964–66)
- Joseph W. Willard (1966–68)
- İhsan Doğramacı (1968–70)
- Nils Thedin (1970–72)
- Narciso G. Reyes (1972–74)
- Hans Conzett (1974–76)
- Antonio Ordoñez-Plaja (1976–77)
- Ferdinand Oyono (1977–78)
- Sadako Ogata (1978–79)
- Zaki Hasan (1979–80)
- Paal Bog (1980–81)
- Dragan Matelijak (1981–82)
- Hugo Scheltema (1982–83)
- Haydée Martínez de Osorio (1983–84)
- Richard C. Manning (1984–85)
- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (1985–86)
- Maurizio Bucci (1986–87)
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- Makoto Taniguchi (1988)
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- Lisbeth Palme (1990–91)
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- Frederick Ward (1992–93)
- Anne Makinda (1993–94)
- Anne Makinda (1994)
- Khalil Makkawi (1995)
- Ion Goriță (1996)
- Mercedes Pulido (1997)
- Michael Powles (1998)
- Ibrahim Gambari (1999)
- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (2000)
- Movses Abelian (2001)
- Andrés Franco (2002)
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- Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi (2005)
- Andrei Dapkiunas (2006)
- Javier Loayza (2007)
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- John W. Ashe (2012)
- Jarmo Viinanen (2013)
- Macharia Kamau (2014)
- Maleeha Lodhi (2015)
- Sven Jürgenson (2016)
- Walton Alfonso Webson (2017)
- Tore Hattrem (2018)
- Omer Dahab Fadl Mohamed (2019)
- Rabab Fatima (2020)
- Rytis Paulauskas (2021)