George Hagan (politician)

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Professor George Panyin Hagan (born 1938), is a prominent academic and politician in Ghana.

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[edit] Early life and education

George Hagan was born in Accra in 1938.[1] He had his basic education in Accra, Koforidua, Sekondi and Kumasi because his parents, civil servants, were being transferred. His secondary education was at St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in Cantonments, a suburb of Accra and sixth form (college) at St Augustine's College at Cape Coast. He proceeded to the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Philosophy and later a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy as well. He proceeded to the United Kingdom where he obtained a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Oxford University.[1]

[edit] Career

He first worked at the Scholarship Secretariat in Ghana as a Welfare Officer between 1962 and 1964. In 1968, he became a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana. He rose to become Associate Professor in 1994 and the Director of the Institute in the 1997/1998 academic year.[1] He has served on many committees within the university as well as in outside institutions such as member of the Board of Directors, State Construction Corporation, Chairman of the Academic Committee of National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and member of the Board of Governors of Aquinas and St. Augustine Secondary Schools. He is the Chairman of the Ghana National Commission on Culture[2] and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG).[3]

[edit] Politics

Prof. Hagan was involved with the CPP from the days of Kwame Nkrumah in the mid 1960s. He was also a member of the National Alliance of Liberals in the Second Republic and a Standing Committee member of the Action Congress Party in the Third Republic. He was the Presidential aspirant for the National Independence Party for the 1992 presidential election.[1] He was a a member of the People's Convention Party PCP Team for Unity Talks with the National Convention PartyNCP and the People's National Convention PNC which led to the reformation of the CPP in 1996.[1]

George Hagan was the presidential candidate for the CPP in the 2000 elections. He won 1.78% of the votes, coming fourth in the first round of the election, thereby missing the cut for the second round.[4]

[edit] Family

George Hagan is married to Dr Maria Hagan, the Director of the National Eye Care Programme in Ghana. They have three children.[1]

[edit] Publication

  • Hagan, George P. "Nkrumah's Cultural Policy." University of Ghana, Legon, 1985.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Professor George P. Hagan. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  2. ^ "Ministers slammed for absence at NAFAC", Ghana News website, Ghana Review International, 29 November 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-17. 
  3. ^ US supports Ghana's rural electrification effort. africast.com (11 February 2005). Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  4. ^ Election Profile for Ghana - Results. Election guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.

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Party political offices
New title Leader of the National Independence Party
1992 – ?		 Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Kow Nkensen Arkaah		 Leader of the Convention People's Party
1999 – ?		 Succeeded by
George Aggudey
Persondata
NAME Hagan, George Panyin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Ghanaian politician and academic
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghana
DATE OF DEATH Living
PLACE OF DEATH
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