Dr. Elías Mendoza Habersperger (born August 9, 1933 in

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) is a Peruvian lawyer,

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and politician, Chief Scout of Peru for the

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who served as President of the InterAmerican Scout Council and a member of the World Scout Committee.

Biography

He is the son of Luis Mendoza Almenara and Dolores María Claudia Fermina Habersperger Fort. He studied at the Colegio Sagrados Corazones Recoleta. In 1950 he entered the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos but later he oriented his vocation to other directions and entered the Faculty of Letters of the

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Pontifical Catholic University of Peru ( es, link=no, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic Church, being the oldest private ...

, later moving to the Faculty of Law of San Marcos, where he graduated from high school and obtained a law degree. In addition, he studied at the School of Political Management of the Inter-American Center for Political Studies of Venezuela. He entered the Diplomatic Service by competition, working in Lima and in commissions in France and Argentina. While on his way to Buenos Aires, on his return to his diplomatic work, he learned of the coup d'état of July 18, 1962 against President

Manuel Prado Ugarteche Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (April 21, 1889 – August 15, 1967) was a banker who served twice as President of Peru. Son of former president Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd (1939 - 1945) and 46th (1 ...

, for which, as soon as he stepped on Argentine soil, he resigned his duties as Vice Consul and Third Secretary at the embassy. In August of the same year he returned to Lima, and devoted himself to the legal profession. He worked as a lawyer for the Panagra aviation company, becoming Legal Manager. He was alderman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Lima, where he served as inspector of popular and youth recreation programs and social assistance to the underprivileged old age (1963). During the first government of the architect Fernando Belaúnde Terry, he was restored to the Diplomatic Service and promoted to Second Secretary. He was, in addition, General Manager of the Public Charity of Lima (1966). He was briefly Minister of Justice in 1968 before the

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of General

Juan Velasco Alvarado Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism ...

. During the dictatorship he went into

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and returned to

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in 1975. He was a member of the Popular Action Party and was a

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for Lima between 1980 and 1985. He was

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for one year beginning 26 July 1984. In 1973, he was awarded the 82nd '' Bronze Wolf'', the only distinction of the

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, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.

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1933 births Living people Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru Popular Action (Peru) politicians Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Scouting and Guiding in Peru World Scout Committee members {{Peru-bio-stub