Hans Høegh was a Norwegian businessman and organizational leader.

Høegh was President of the Norwegian Red Cross

Norwegian Red Cross

The Norwegian Red Cross was founded September 22, 1865 by prime minister Frederik Stang. In 1907 the Norwegian Ministry of Defence authorized the organization for voluntary medical aid in war...

 from 1975 to 1981. Thereafter he was General Secretary of the League of Red Cross Societies

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...

 in Geneve. From 1988 to 1993 was Høegh Assistant Secretary General in the United Nations

United Nations

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. He served as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Promotion of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons between 1988 and 1993.