Desmond Edgar Fashole Luke (6 October 1935 – 27 February 2021)[1] was a former politician and lawyer in Sierra Leone.
A member of the Creole ethnic group, Desmond Edgar Fashole Luke[3] was born in Freetown, British Sierra Leone, in 1935 into a high-achieving family.
[1] His father, Sir Emile Fashole Luke was until 1973 Speaker of the House of Representatives in Sierra Leone.
[4] Desmond Luke attended the Prince of Wales Secondary School in Freetown for two years, before going to England in 1949 to continue his education at King's College, Taunton, Somerset.
Returning to Sierra Leone in 1962, he set up law chambers in Freetown and was in private practice until 1969,[3] when Siaka Stevens appointed him Ambassador to West Germany (accredited to all EU countries).