The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
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Dr Hans (Ritter von) Lauda<br />
1965-1969<br />
Dr Hans (Ritter von) Lauda served as a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> from October<br />
1965 until September 1969. 67 Prior to joining <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong>, he was <strong>the</strong> President<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Austrian <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> Society between 1956 <strong>and</strong> 1974. 68 Outside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Movement he<br />
was a Viennese industrialist <strong>and</strong> was <strong>the</strong> first President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vereinigung Osterreichischer<br />
Industrieller (Union <strong>of</strong> Austrian Industrialists). 69 Although his fa<strong>the</strong>r was given <strong>the</strong> title ‘Ritter<br />
von’ by Kaiser Franz Joseph 1 in 1916, <strong>the</strong> fall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> monarchy <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Austro-Hungarian<br />
empire in 1918 put an end to <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> titles <strong>and</strong> hence Dr Hans Lauda only bore <strong>the</strong> name<br />
<strong>and</strong> title Hans Ritter von Lauda between 1916 <strong>and</strong> 1919. His gr<strong>and</strong>son is <strong>the</strong> Austrian<br />
Formula One racing driver Andreas Nikolaus ‘’Niki’’ Lauda. He was born on March 25 th 1896<br />
in Vienna <strong>and</strong> died on <strong>January</strong> 21 st 1974 in Vienna.<br />
67 <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong><br />
68 http://austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Lauda%2C_Hans/Lauda%2C_Hans_english<br />
69 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Lauda<br />
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