Previous High Commissioners
Previous High Commissioners
UNHCR has been led by eleven High Commissioners since it was first established in 1950.
Together with our staff and partners, they have spent over 70 years working to help the millions forced to flee their homes.
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1951 - 1956
1956–1960
1951 - 1956
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Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart
"Peace is a state in which no people of any country, in fact no group of people of any kind, lives in fear or in need."
1956–1960
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Auguste R. Lindt
"When one deals with refugees there are no general remedies, only individual solutions can fit a living human being."