Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu (1936 – 1 February 2021)[2] was a Ghanaian soldier, politician and diplomat.

He has been the Chief of Defence Staff and also member of the Supreme Military Council government.

[3][4][5][6] Prior to heading the military and being in government, he was the Ghanaian High Commissioner to Zambia.

[9][12] Hamidu had been accused in some circles of being implicated in the killing of the King of Dagbon, the late Yaa-Naa, Yakubu II in March 2002.

The Wuaku Commission which investigated the circumstances leading to the tragedy cleared him of any wrongdoing.