What is Auguste R. Lindt?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Auguste R. Lindt |honorific-suffix = |image =Auguste R. Lindt.jpg |alt = |office = Chairman of [[UNICEF]] |term_start = 1953 |term_end = 1954 |predecessor = [[Adelaide Sinclair]] |successor = [[Balachandra Rajan]] |office2 = [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] |term_start2 = 1956 |term_end2 = 1960 |predecessor2 = [[Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart]] |successor2 = [[Félix Schnyder]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|8|5|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bern]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2000|4|14|1905|8|5|df=y}} |death_place = [[Bern]] |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |nationality = [[Switzerland]] |profession = diplomat |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = }} '''August R. Lindt''' (5 August 1905 &ndash; 14 April 2000), also known as '''Auguste R. Lindt''', was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat. He was Chairman of [[UNICEF]] from 1953 to 1954 and as [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] from 1956 to 1960. He was an adviser to the [[President of Rwanda]] from 1973 to 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/20/local/me-21659|title=Auguste R. Lindt; Swiss Diplomat, U.N. Refugee Commissioner in 1950s|date=20 April 2000|publisher=|via=LA Times}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *Rolf Wilhelm (ed.): ''August R. Lindt: Patriot und Weltbürger''. Haupt Verlag, Bern 2003, {{ISBN|978-3-258-06527-4}}. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindt, August R}} [[Category:United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees]] [[Category:Swiss politicians]] [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]] [[Category:People from Bern]] {{bio-stub}}