jean-pierre hocké (born 31 march 1938, deceased 28 july 2021) is a swiss international red cross staff member and united nations official. he was born in lausanne. he was the united nations high commissioner for refugees from 1986 to 1989. he was nominated by secretary-general javier pérez de cuéllar. prior to that function he was director of operations of the international committee of the red cross (icrc) from 1973 to 1985 .