Mesfin Hagos

This is an Eritrean name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Mesfin.
Mesfin Hagos
2nd Minister of Defence
In office
1994–1995
Preceded byPetros Solomon
Succeeded bySebhat Ephrem
Personal details
Born (1947-11-21) November 21, 1947
Azien, British Military Administration in Eritrea
PartyPFDJ
EducationAddis Ababa University (dropped out)

Mesfin Hagos (born 1947) is an Eritrean politician who was one of the founding members of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF).

After Independence he was appointed to become Eritrea’s first Minister Minister of Defense during the 1990s. In 1995 he stepped down from his post and became the Regional Administrator of the Southern Region. During the arrest of the G-15 group Mesfin was abroad for medical reasons. He has since lived in exile and sought political asylum in Germany in 2013, where he lived as of December 2020.

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