Anthony K. Deku (13 June 1923 – 29 May 2015) was a

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and a member of the Council of State of Ghana. He was a former senior

police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Career

Anthony Deku was a Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Criminals Investigations Department prior to the

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

of 24 February 1966 which led to the overthrow of

Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah (born 21 September 190927 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An in ...

. He was later promoted Commissioner of Police in the same department.

Politics

Deku was one of four police officers who were on the National Liberation Council. The others were J.W.K. Harlley, the Vice Chairman, B. A. Yakubu, Deputy Commissioner of Police and J.E.O. Nunoo, Commissioner of Police (Administration). The Head of the government was Lt. Gen. Ankrah. Deku is alleged to have been involved in the planning of the coup with Emmanuel Kotoka and J. W. K. Harlley . In 2009, he became a member of the Council of State.

Other activities

Anthony Deku is the Managing Director Securicor Limited in Ghana.

Honours

He was awarded the

Order of the Star of Ghana The Order of the Star of Ghana is the highest award given by the Government of Ghana to any individual who had helped the cause of the country in one way or the other. Recipients of this award are decorated at a state function, chaired by the Pr ...

by the

Kufuor government This is a list of the ministers who have served in John Kufuor's New Patriotic Party government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This government started on January 7, 2001, the first changeover between civilian governments in Ghana through the ...

in 2006.

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Picture of Members of the National Liberation Council
1923 births 2015 deaths Ghanaian police officers Recipients of the Order of the Star of Ghana Members of the Council of State (Ghana) {{Ghana-politician-stub