Hugo Scheltema

Hugo Scheltema
Chairman of UNICEF
In office
1982–1983
Preceded by Dragan Matelijak
Succeeded by Haydée Martínez de Osorio
Personal details
Born 11 June 1918
Died 1 September 1996
Nationality Netherlands
Profession diplomat

Hugo Scheltema (11 June 1918 – 1 September 1996) was a Dutch diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, as Chairman of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1979[1] and as Chairman of UNICEF from 1982 to 1983.[2][3] He was also Ambassador to Iraq, Indonesia and Belgium earlier in his career.

He was a son of the tobacco merchant Hugo Scheltema (1890–1939).[4] He studied law and joined the diplomatic service in 1945, and was posted to China for several years.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Former Presidents, 1946–2004, United Nations Economic and Social Council
  2. ↑ Officers of the UNICEF Executive Board 1946–2014, UNICEF
  3. ↑ Executive Board, UNICEF
  4. ↑ Nederland's Patriciaat 27 (1941), p. 242.
  5. ↑ CS Scheltema-Hellingman, Correspondentie Hugo Scheltema tijdens zijn verblijf in China 1946–1947. The Hague, 2010.
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