Background
LINDT, Auguste was born on August 5, 1905 in Berne. Son of August Ludwig Lindt and Lina Mathilda Rufenaeht.
LINDT, Auguste was born on August 5, 1905 in Berne. Son of August Ludwig Lindt and Lina Mathilda Rufenaeht.
University of Geneva and Berne.
Served in Swiss Army 1940-1945. Special delegation of the Institute Red Cross, Berlin 1945. Press Attache and Counsellor Swiss Legation, London.
Permanent
Observer from Switzerland to the United Nations 1953-1956. Former Chairman United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. President United Nations Opium Conference 1953.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1956-1960. Swiss Ambassador to United States of America 1960-1963.
Delegate Swiss Federation Council for Technical Cooperation 1963-1966.
Ambassador to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1966-1969, to India and Nepal 1969-1970. Institute Red Cross Commander for Nigeria-Biafra relief operation 1968-1969. President Institute Union for Child Welfare 1971-1977.
Adviser to President, of Rwanda 1973-1975.
Honorary Doctor (Geneva).