João Armando Pereira Gonçalves, ComIH of

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(born 19 September 1963) is the former chairperson of the

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, the main executive body of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOS ...

. He was a member of the

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for a period of six years, elected in 2004 and again in 2007, and was elected to the World Scout Committee at the 39th

World Scout Conference The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM ...

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in January 2011. He was re-elected to the committee at the 40th World Scout Conference in

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in 2014. Gonçalves started in his local Scout group in 1976, and is a member of the

Corpo Nacional de Escutas – Escutismo Católico Português The Corpo Nacional de Escutas – Escutismo Católico Português (CNE, ''National Corps of Scouts - Portuguese Catholic Scouting'') is the largest Portuguese Scouting organization. The association was founded in 1923 and became a member of the Worl ...

of the

Federação Escotista de Portugal The Federação Escotista de Portugal (also ''Federação Escutista de Portugal''; FEP, ''Scouting Federation of Portugal'') is the national Scouting federation of Portugal. Scouting in Portugal started in 1911 and was among the founders of the ...

. He participated in the

1995 World Jamboree The 18th World Scout Jamboree (Dutch: ''18e Wereldjamboree'') was held August 1 to 11, 1995 and was hosted by the Netherlands on a polder near Biddinghuizen, Dronten community, Flevoland. 28,960 Scouts and staff members from 166 countries and ...

in the Netherlands, took office in the National Team of the CNE in 2000 as the national commissioner of the Rover branch (Caminheiros), and served as director of the first Roverway, held in Portugal in 2003. Later he was installed as International Commissioner of the CNE. In 2018, João was awarded the 363rd

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, the only distinction of the

, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. In 2018, João was awarded the

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a distinguished service award of the

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(BSA).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goncalves, Joao Armando World Scout Committee members Living people 1963 births Scouting and Guiding in Portugal Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award