George Hagan (politician)
George Panyin Hagan | |
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President of Ghana | |
Election date December 7, 2000 | |
Opponent(s) | John Kufuor, John Atta Mills and others |
Incumbent | Jerry Rawlings |
Personal details | |
Born | 1938 Academic |
Professor George Panyin Hagan (born 1938), is a prominent
Early life and education
George Hagan was born in
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]
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 member of the People's Convention Party PCP Team for Unity Talks with the National Convention Party NCP 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
Family
George Hagan is married to Dr Maria Hagan, the Director of the National Eye Care Programme in Ghana. They have three children.[1]
Publication
- Hagan, George P. Nkrumah's Cultural Policy, University of Ghana, Legon, 1985.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f "Professor George P. Hagan". Ghana Home Page. Archived from the original on 2007-04-19. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "Ministers slammed for absence at NAFAC". Ghana News website. Ghana Review International. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "US supports Ghana's rural electrification effort". africast.com. 11 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- IFES. Archivedfrom the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-04-17.