S. K. Riley-Poku Explained

Honorific Prefix:Honourable
S. K. Riley-Poku
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Term Start:1979
Term End:31 December 1981
Profession:Lawyer
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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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. President Can Be Prosecuted . Ghana News (Special Edition) . March 1979 . 8 . 3 . 3 . 12 April 2022 . Embassy of Ghana . Washington DC . en.
  2. Parliament Approves Appointment Of Ministers And Deputies . Ghana News . November 1979 . 8 . 10 . 7 . 12 April 2022 . Embassy of Ghana . Washington DC . en.
  3. News: Accorley . Lee . Twum . Nana Addo . Lets Have Peace For Success of Democratic Experiment . Daily Graphic . 21 January 1981 . 9403 . 1 . 12 April 2022 . Graphic Communications Group . Accra . en.
  4. Clegg . Sam . Ghana Bar Association . Daily Graphic . 28 April 1992 . 12882 . 13 . 12 April 2022 . Graphic Communications Group . Accra . en.
  5. Web site: Past Headmasters . www.sekondicollege.org . 12 April 2022.
  6. GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION REGISTER OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, 1976 . Ghana Gazette . 27 August 1976 . 42 . 595 . 12 April 2022 . GHANA PUBLISHING CORPORATION (PRINTING DIVISION). . Accra.
  7. Book: Volta River Authority 14th Annual Report And Accounts 1975 . December 1975 . Volta River Authority . 12 April 2022.