S. K. Riley-Poku

Honourable
S. K. Riley-Poku
Minister for Defence
In office
1979 – 31 December 1981
PresidentHilla Limann
Vice PresidentJ. W. S. de Graft-Johnson
Succeeded byNaa Polku Konkuu Chiiri
Personal details
Political partyPeople's National Party
ProfessionLawyer

S. K. Riley-Poku is a Ghanaian lawyer, educationist and politician. He was the Minister for Defence of Ghana between 1979 and 1981.

Constituent assembly

Riley-Poku represented the Amansie District Council of the Ashanti Region in the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1979 Ghana constitution prior to the 1979 Ghanaian general election.[1]

Role in government

Riley-Poku was a member of the People's National Party and was appointed by Hilla Limann as the Minister for Defence in his government in 1979.[2] He remained in this position until December 1981 when the government was overthrown in a coup d'état.[3] Following his time in government, he continued practising as a lawyer.[4]

Other roles

Prior to being in politics, Riley-Poku served as the headmaster of Sekondi College between 1966 and 1969.[5] He later practised as a lawyer and was a member of the Ghana Bar Association.[6] During this time, he was also a member of the board of the Volta River Authority.[7]

References

  1. ^ "President Can Be Prosecuted". Ghana News (Special Edition). 8 (3). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 3. March 1979. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Parliament Approves Appointment Of Ministers And Deputies". Ghana News. 8 (10). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 7. November 1979. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ Accorley, Lee (21 January 1981). Twum, Nana Addo (ed.). "Lets Have Peace For Success of Democratic Experiment". Daily Graphic. No. 9403. Accra: Graphic Communications Group. p. 1. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  4. ^ Clegg, Sam, ed. (28 April 1992). "Ghana Bar Association". Daily Graphic (12882). Accra: Graphic Communications Group: 13. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Past Headmasters". www.sekondicollege.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ^ "GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION REGISTER OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, 1976" (PDF). Ghana Gazette (42). Accra: GHANA PUBLISHING CORPORATION (PRINTING DIVISION).: 595 27 August 1976. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  7. ^ Volta River Authority | 14th Annual Report And Accounts 1975 (PDF). Volta River Authority. December 1975. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Military rule
 Minister for Defence
1979 – 1981 		Succeeded by