Anthony Deku
Anthony K. Deku (born June 13, 1923 in Yapei ; † May 29, 2015 ) was a Ghanaian politician and high police officer in Ghana .
Deku held the Standard VII Scholar / Advance Polive Carrer and was Commissioner of the Ghanaian Police in the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). In this position he was involved in the coup of February 24, 1966 against then President Kwame Nkrumah .
After the coup, Deku was a member of the eight-member National Liberation Council , which had taken over government until 1969 and was replaced by the three-member Presidential Commission at the 1969 elections , although Deku was no longer a member.
Deku was politically active in the Council of State (Ghana) in Ghana. There, the subjects of “police careers” and “security advice” were his special interests.
In 2005, Deku was on a list of people to be honored for special merits by then President John Agyekum Kufuor . He was proposed for the Order of the Star of Ghana .
Honors
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://theinsightnewspaper.blogspot.de/2015/08/dekus-funeral-at-state-house-in-accra.html
- ↑ National Medals Awards Day President Kufuor honors distinguished and deserving ( Memento from March 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Ghana Districts Council of State with photo
- THE SECURITY SERVICES ( Memento from October 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deku, Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deku, Anthony K. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian politician and senior police officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yapei |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 2015 |