| Joseph Esilifie Hagan | |
| Office1: | Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region[1] |
| 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[2] |
| 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[3] |
| Term Start3: | 1957 |
| Term End3: | 1960 |
| President3: | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| Predecessor3: | New |
| Successor3: | John Arthur |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament for Abura[4] |
| Term Start4: | 1965 |
| Term End4: | February 1966 |
| Predecessor4: | New |
| Successor4: | Dr. John Kofi Fynn |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu[5] |
| Term Start5: | 1951 |
| Term End5: | 1965 |
| Successor5: | Constituency split |
| Birth Date: | 1912 |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Esilifie Hagan |
| Birth Place: | Gold Coast |
| Citizenship: | Ghanaian |
| Alma Mater: | Adisadel 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.
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]
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.