| Intro | Former chief of defence staff of ghana |
| Is | Diplomat |
| From | Nigeria |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 January 1936, Yendi, Yendi Municipal District |
| Age: | 84 years |
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. He was appointed National Security Advisor to the Kufuor government in 2001. He has also been the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana. He is also on various boards of the Bank of Ghana. In 2005, he was Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria.
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.