Deputy chairman of the National Liberation Council
John Willie Kofi Harlley
Vice Chairman of the National Liberation Council
In office 24 February 1966 – 1969
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Position dissolved
1st Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service
In office 1966–1969
Preceded by
Himself as Commissioner of Police
Succeeded by
B. A. Yakubu
Minister of Interior
In office 1968 – August 1969
Preceded by
Anthony Deku
Succeeded by
Simon Diedong Dombo
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 1967–1968
Preceded by
Joseph Arthur Ankrah
Succeeded by
Patrick Dankwa Anin
Commissioner of Police
In office 1964–1966
Preceded by
E. R. T. Madjitey
Succeeded by
Himself as Inspector General of Police
Personal details
Born
(1919-05-09)9 May 1919 Akagla, Volta Region, Ghana[1]
Died
18 February 1982(1982-02-18) (aged 62) Anyako, Volta Region
Nationality
Ghanaian
Spouse
Nancy Harlley (née Woanyah)
Education
Accra Academy
John Willie Kofi Harlley (9 May 1919[2] – 18 February 1982)[citation needed] was a Ghanaian police officer who was Vice Chairman of the National Liberation Council and the first Inspector General of Police in Ghana from 1966 to 1969. He was a member of the three-man presidential commission which carried out presidential functions during the 1969 democratic transition in Ghana and in the first year of the Second Republic.[3]
^Europa Publications Limited (1975). Africa South of the Sahara. Europa Publications Limited. ISBN 9780900362750. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
^"The New Ghana". Accra, Ghana Information Services Department. 1966. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^Roberto Ortiz de Zárate. "Leaders of Ghana". World Political Leaders 1945–2007. Zárate's Political Collections. Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
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