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Dr. Elías Mendoza Habersperger (born August 9, 1933 in Lima) is a Peruvian lawyer, diplomat and politician, Chief Scout of Peru for the Asociación de Scouts del Perú who served as President of the InterAmerican Scout Council and a member of the World Scout Committee.
During his political career, he was briefly Minister of Justice in 1968 before the coup d'état of General Juan Velasco Alvarado. During the dictatorship he went into exile in New York City and returned to Peru in 1975. He was a member of the Popular Action Party and was a member of Parliament for Lima between 1980 and 1985. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies for one year beginning 26 July 1984.
In 1973, he was awarded the 82nd 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.