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Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu
Born 1936 (age 88–89)
Place of birth Yendi, Ghana[1]
Allegiance Flag of Ghana Ghana
Service/branch Ghana Army
Commands held Chief of the Defence Staff
Other work National Security Co-ordinator
Chairman, Narcotics Control Board
High Commissioner to Nigeria

Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu (born 1936) is a former Chief of Defence Staff and member of the Supreme Military Council government. Prior to that appointment, he was the Ghanaian High Commissioner to Zambia.[2] He was appointed National Security Advisor to the Kufuor government in 2001.[3] He has also been the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana.[4] He is also on various boards of the Bank of Ghana.[5] In 2005, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria.[6]

Joshua Hamidu had been accused in some circles of being implicated in the killing of the Overlord of Dagbon, the late Ya-Na, Yakubu Andani II in March 2002. The Wuaku Commission which investigated the circumstances leading to the tragedy cleared him of any wrongdoing.[7]

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Military offices
Preceded by
Major General Robert Kotei
Chief of the Defence Staff
1978 – 1979
Succeeded by
Colonel E. D. F. Prah
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
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High Commissioner to Zambia
? – 1978
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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High Commissioner to Nigeria
2005 – ?
Succeeded by
George Kumi
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