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Joseph Essilfie Hagan

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Joseph Esilifie Hagan
Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region[1]
In office
June 1965 – February 1966
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byEmmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe
Succeeded byG. A. K. Dzansi
Regional Commissioner for the Central Region[2]
In office
October 1960 – 1965
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byEmmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe
Regional Commissioner for the Western Region[3]
In office
1957–1960
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byJohn Arthur
Member of Parliament
for Abura[4]
In office
1965 – February 1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byDr. John Kofi Fynn
Member of Parliament
for Abura-Asebu[5]
In office
1951–1965
Succeeded byConstituency split
Personal details
Born
Joseph Esilifie Hagan

1912
Gold Coast
CitizenshipGhanaian
Alma materAdisadel College

Joseph Esilifie Hagan was a Ghanaian politician. He served as a regional commissioner for the Western Region, the Central Region and the Eastern Region. He also served as a member of parliament for the Abura-Asebu constituency and later the Abura constituency.

Early life and education

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Hagan was born in 1912. He had his early education at Nyakrom Methodist School and continued at St. Nicholas Grammar School (now Adisadel College), Cape Coast.[6]

Career and politics

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After his secondary school education, Hagan was employed as a storekeeper by the Union Trading Company (U.T.C.) from 1937 to 1950.[6] Hagan joined the Cape Coast Town Council and became a foundation member of the Convention People's Party in 1949. In 1951 he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly, where he was the Assistant Government Whip. He was re-elected in 1954 and in 1956. That same year (1956), he was appointed ministerial secretary (deputy minister) to the Ministry of Local Government.[7] In 1957, he was appointed Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) for the Western Region[8][6] he served in that capacity until 1960 when he was appointed Regional Commissioner for the Central Region.[9] In 1965 he was appointed Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region[10] he remained in this position until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.

References

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  1. ^ Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 111–115 (Report). United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1965. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1961: 11. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1958: 63. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "West Africa Annual, Issue 8". James Clarke. 1965: 79. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962: 15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ a b c "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1957: 183. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report". Accra, Government printing department. 1957. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1959: 21. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1963: 17. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic: 20. 1966.