# Desmond Luke

> Desmond Edgar Fashole Luke was a former politician and lawyer in Sierra Leone. Luke served as foreign minister (1973-75), Minister of Health (1977-78), and ambassador to the West Germany (1969-73), France (1971-73) and the European Economic Community (1971-73) at various points in his political career. Luke competed in the 1996 presidential election against several other candidates, eventually losing to current President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah after only receiving 1.1% of the vote in the initial round of voting. In March 1998, Luke was appointed to replace Samuel Beccles-Davies as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Luke retired from that position in 2002. He was an alumnus of Cambridge University and Oxford University. Luke was a strong supporter of Kabbah's government-in-exile after the 1997 coup by Johnny Paul Koroma.

*Sierra Leonean politician (1935-2021)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/desmond-luke

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1935-10-06
- **Died:** 2021-02-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 35.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Desmond Luke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Luke)
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- [Люк, Десмонд](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4)
- [Desmond Luke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Luke)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264760)

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