Desmond Luke
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Desmond Edgar Fashole Luke was a politician and lawyer in Sierra Leone. Luke had served as foreign minister (1973-1975), Health Minister (1977-1978), and ambassador to the West Germany (1969-1973), France (1971-1973) and the European Economic Community (1971-1973) at various points in his political career. Luke ran 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 and retired in 2002 from that position. Luke is 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.
[edit] Presidential Election Results
| Candidate (Party) | First Round (26-27 February 1996) |
Second Round (15 March 1996) |
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| Number of Votes | % of Votes | Number of Votes | % of Votes | ||
| Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (Sierra Leone People's Party) | 266,893 | 35.8% | 608,419 | 59.5% | |
| John Karefa-Smart (United National People's Party) | 168,666 | 22.6% | 414,335 | 40.5% | |
| Thaimu Bangura (People's Democratic Party) | 119,782 | 16.1% | - | - | |
| John Karimu (National Unity Party) | 39,617 | 5.3% | - | - | |
| Edward Turay (All People's Congress) | 38,316 | 5.1% | - | - | |
| Abu Aiah Koroma (Democratic Centre Party) | 36,779 | 4.9% | - | - | |
| Abass Bundu (People's Progressive Party) | 21,557 | 2.9% | - | - | |
| Amadu Jalloh (National Democratic Alliance) | 17,335 | 2.3% | - | - | |
| Edward Kargbo (People's National Convention) | 15,798 | 2.1% | - | - | |
| Desmond Luke (National Unity Movement) | 7,918 | 1.1% | - | - | |
| Andrew Lungay (Social Democratic Party) | 5,202 | 0.7% | - | - | |
| Andrew Turay (National People's Party) | 3,925 | 0.5% | - | - | |
| Mohamed Sillah (National Alliance Democratic Party) | 3,723 | 0.5% | - | - | |
| Total Votes | 745,511 | 1,022,754 | |||
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