Manuel Pinto (Scouting)

Manuel Pinto (25 December 1938 – 14 April 2008) was a member of the Parliament of Uganda where he served on various statutory committees and committees, he was a government minister from 1993 to 1995 and the first director general of the commission on AIDS in Uganda from 1992 to 1995. Pinto was Chief Scout of Uganda and served as the Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee.

Manuel Pinto
Born(1938-12-25)25 December 1938
Died14 April 2008(2008-04-14) (aged 69)
Nsambya, Uganda
NationalityUgandan
OccupationMember of the Parliament of Uganda
Known forGovernment minister from 1993 to 1995

Background

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He died in Nsambya after a car accident.[1]

In 2003, Pinto was awarded the 297th 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.[2]

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  • John S. Wilson (1959). Scouting Round the World (First ed.). Blandford Press. ASIN B000AQMKTI.
  • "In Support of World Scouting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

References

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  1. ^ "Le Chef Scout de l'Ouganda, Manuel Pinto, est rappelé à Dieu" [Uganda's Chief Scout, Manuel Pinto, is Called Back by God] (in French). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Retrieved 2019-05-01.