Philippe Da Costa
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Philippe Da Costa (born December 7, 1962) served as the president of the World Scout Committee and as the Commissaire général (General Commissioner) of the Scouts de France from 1995 to 2002.{{cite web| url = http://www.latoilescoute.net/s-informer/histoire/scouts_de_france/jamboree1997/interview_dacosta/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121010856/http://www.latoilescoute.net/s-informer/histoire/scouts_de_france/jamboree1997/interview_dacosta/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2008-11-21 | title = L'interview de Philippe Da Costa}} He is currently the national president of the French Red Cross[https://www.croix-rouge.fr/Actualite/La-Croix-Rouge-francaise-elit-son-nouveau-president-2558 Election du nouveau président de la Croix-Rouge française] and a member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council. In May 2008, he was appointed president of the National Institute of Youth and Popular Education (INJEP).
Background
Da Costa was elected member of the World Scout Committee for a term of six years. His election was held in July 2002 at the Thessaloniki World Scout Conference. He was elected vice-president at the World Scout Conference in Tunisia in September 2005. He became president of the World Scout Committee on 1 March 2008 following the resignation of Herman Hui. His term ended in July 2008 on the island of Jeju in Korea.{{cite web | url = http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/announcement_to_national_scout_organizations | title = Announcement to National Scout Organizations | work = scout.org | publisher = WOSM | date = 2008-02-29 | accessdate = 2019-08-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170701/http://scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/announcement_to_national_scout_organizations | archive-date = 2008-05-09 | url-status = dead }}
The World Scout Committee appointed Da Costa to serve as a liaison to the external Scout body World Scout Parliamentary Union.{{cite web | url = http://www.desmos.info/en/news.html | title = International Link of Orthodox Christian Scouts}}
In 2010, he was awarded the 322nd Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.{{cite web| url = https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list | title = List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | work = scout.org |publisher = WOSM | accessdate = 2019-08-21}}
Da Costa is a Doctor of Social Sciences, married and father of three daughters.
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- {{cite web| url =http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/11624/94866/file/Triennial_Report_EN_5.pdf | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090327024400/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/11624/94866/file/Triennial_Report_EN_5.pdf | url-status =dead | archive-date =2009-03-27 | title = Triennial Report}}
- {{cite web| url =http://www.voixdujura.fr/archives/voir_archive.asp?archive=2032&dossier=&chronologie=oui&page=160 | title = Philippe Da Costa par la voix du Jura}}
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Category:Scouting and Guiding in France
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