# 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

## Bio

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## 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)
- [ديزموند لوك](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83)
- [ديزموند لوك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83)
- [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)
- [Desmond Luke](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Luke)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264760)

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