Philippe Da Costa
Former president of French Red Cross and scouting leader (born 1962)
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Philippe Da Costa (born 7 December 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.[1] He is currently the national president of the French Red Cross[2] 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).
Philippe Da Costa | |
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| Chairman, World Scout Committee | |
| In office 1 March 2008 – July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Herman Hui |
| Succeeded by | Rick Cronk |
Background
Da Costa was elected a 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.[3]
The World Scout Committee appointed Da Costa to serve as a liaison to the external Scout body World Scout Parliamentary Union.[4]
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.[5]
Da Costa is a Doctor of Social Sciences, married and the father of three daughters.
