Felix Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 November 1992) was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat.
He served as Chairman of UNICEF in 1960 and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1960 to 1965.
[1] Schnyder studied law and joined the Swiss diplomatic service in 1940.
In 1958 he was appointed the Swiss Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York.
From 1960 to 1965 he was the third United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in succession to August R.