Joseph Essilfie Hagan
{{short description|Ghanaian politician}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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|office1 = Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region{{cite report |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 111–115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecxr4N5t9EIC&q=Joseph+Essilfie+Hagan&pg=RA11-PP28 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |page=13 |year=1965}}
|term_start1 = June 1965
|term_end1 = February 1966
|president1 = Kwame Nkrumah
|predecessor1 = Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe
|successor1 = G. A. K. Dzansi
|office2 = Regional Commissioner for the Central Region{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCsUAAAAIAAJ&q=J+e+Hagan |publisher=Graphic Corporation |page=11 |year=1961}}
|term_start2 = October 1960
|term_end2 = 1965
|president2 = Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
|predecessor2 = New
|successor2 = Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe
|office3 =Regional Commissioner for the Western Region{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSsUAAAAIAAJ&q=J+e+Hagan |publisher=Graphic Corporation |page=63 |year=1958}}
|term_start3 = 1957
|term_end3 = 1960
|president3 = Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
|predecessor3 = New
|successor3 = John Arthur
|office4 = Member of Parliament
for Abura{{cite journal |title=West Africa Annual, Issue 8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRBBAQAAIAAJ&q=Joseph+Essilfie+Hagan |publisher=James Clarke |page=79 |year=1965}}
|term_start4 = 1965
|term_end4 = February 1966
|predecessor4 = New
|successor4 = Dr. John Kofi Fynn
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|office5 = Member of Parliament
for Abura-Asebu{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pEfAQAAMAAJ&q=Essilfie+Hagan |publisher=Graphic Corporation |page=15 |year=1962}}
|term_start5 = 1951
|term_end5 = 1965
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|successor5 = Constituency split
|birth_date = 1912
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|birth_place = Gold Coast
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|alma_mater = Adisadel College
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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
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.{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wysUAAAAIAAJ&q=J+e+Hagan |publisher=Graphic Corporation |page=183 |year=1957}}
Career and politics
After his secondary school education, Hagan was employed as a storekeeper by the Union Trading Company (U.T.C.) from 1937 to 1950. 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.{{cite journal |title=Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report | year=1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvvyBc2GRwMC&q=Essilfie+Hagan |publisher=Accra, Government printing department}} In 1957, he was appointed Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) for the Western Region{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCsUAAAAIAAJ&q=J+e+Hagan |publisher=Graphic Corporation |page=21 |year=1959}} he served in that capacity until 1960 when he was appointed Regional Commissioner for the Central Region.{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCoUAAAAIAAJ&q=J+e+Hagan |publisher=Graphic Corporation |page=17 |year=1963}} In 1965 he was appointed Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3hMOAQAAMAAJ&q=J+e+Hagan |journal=Daily Graphic |page=20 |year=1966}} he remained in this position until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.