Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan

Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Cape Coast South Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2][3]

Hon.
Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan
MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Cape Coast South Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2013
Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry
In office
July 2014 – January 2016
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Deputy Minister for Finance
In office
2013–2014
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Succeeded byMona Quartey
Personal details
Born (1963-08-21) 21 August 1963
Cape Coast , Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
SpouseLillian Ricketts-Hagan
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Chicago Business School
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist , Investment Banker

Early life and education

Ricketts-Hagan was born on 21 August 1963 in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Business School and a master's degree in Financial Economics from the University of London.[1][2][3]

Career

Ricketts-Hagan was the managing director of SAS Finance Group.[1]

Politics

Ricketts-Hagan is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[4] He is currently the member of parliament representative for the Cape Coast South Constituency.[5]

2016 elections

In the 2016 Ghanaian general elections, he won the Cape Coast South Constituency parliamentary seat with 20,456 votes making 49.8% of the total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Michael Arthur Dadzie had 19,718 votes making 48.0% of the total votes cast, the PPP parliamentary candidate Bright Edem Droefenu had 606 votes making 1.5% of the total votes cast, an Independent parliamentary candidate Mr. Albert Isaac Kofi Cobbinah had 203 votes making 0.5% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Ato Aidoo-Nyanor had 78 votes making 0.2% of the total votes cast.[6]

2020 elections

In the 2020 Ghanaian general elections, he again won the Cape Coast South Constituency parliamentary seat with 21,118 votes making 51.7% of the total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Ernest Arthur had 19,714 votes making 48.3% of the total votes cast.[7]

Minister

In 2016, Ricketts-Hagan became the minister of the Central Region of Ghana. He served in the Government of Ghana ministry as the deputy minister for Finance from 2013 to 2014 and the deputy minister for Trade and Industries from 2014 to 2016.[2][8]

Committees

Ricketts-Hagan is a Ranking Member of the Privileges Committee,[9][10] also a member of the Gender and Children Committee and also a member of the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee.[1]

Personal life

Ricketts-Hagan is a Christian.[1] He is married with five children.

Controversy

In October 2021, Ricketts-Hagan was sued by Mr. Ernest Arthur who was the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Cape Coast for his defamatory comments made against him. Ricketts-Hagan was asked by the Cape Coast High Court to retract and apologize to Mr. Arthur. Ricketts-Hagan was also charged GH¢100,000.[11][12]

References
  1. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Hagan, Ricketts Kweku". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. "Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. Nartey, Laud (2 April 2022). "E-levy: My view is that Minority should have stayed in Parliament but... - Ricketts-Hagan". 3News.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. "Ricketts Hagan expresses disappointment in silence of executive over absentee Adwoa Safo". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. FM, Peace. "2016 Election - Cape Coast South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  7. FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Cape Coast South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  8. Afful, Henrietta (17 November 2021). "Ghana's debt is quite astronomical - Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan, MP". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  9. "Privileges Committee can't declare Dome-Kwabenya seat vacant – Ricketts-Hagan". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  10. "There's nothing wrong with Privileges Committee's failure to reach determination on Adwoa Safo's case - Ricketts-Hagan - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  11. "NDC MP to pay GH¢100,000 damages, retract, apologise to MCE". Graphic Online. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  12. Agyeman, Adwoa (27 February 2022). "NDC MP charged for defaming MCE". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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