M. O. H. Farook

M. O. Hassan Farook Maricar எம். ஓ. ஹாசன் பாரூக் மரைக்காயர்
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry
In office 1991–1998
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deve Gowda, I. K. Gujral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	P. Shanmugam
Succeeded by	S. Arumugam
In office 1999–2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	S. Arumugam
Succeeded by	M. Ramadass
Chief Minister of Pondicherry
In office 9 April 1967 – 6 March 1968
Governor	S. L. Silam, B. D. Jatti
Preceded by	V. Venkatasubha Reddiar
Succeeded by	V. Venkatasubha Reddiar
In office 17 March 1969 – 3 January 1974
Governor	B. D. Jatti, Chhedilal
Preceded by	Governor's rule
Succeeded by	Subramanyan Ramaswamy
In office 16 March 1985 – 19 January 1989
Governor	Tribhuvan Prasad Tiwary, Ranjit Singh Dyal
Preceded by	Governor's rule
Succeeded by	Governor's rule
Governor of Jharkhand
In office 22 January 2010 – 4 September 2011[1]
Preceded by	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
Succeeded by	Syed Ahmed
Governor of Kerala
In office 8 September 2011 – 26 January 2012
Preceded by	R. S. Gavai
Succeeded by	Hansraj Bhardwaj
Personal details
Born	6 September 1937 Karaikal,Nagore, Pondicherry, India
Died	26 January 2012 (aged 74) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Politician
Religion	Islam

M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar (Tamil: எம். ஓ. ஹாசன் பாரூக் மரைக்காயர்; 6 September 1937 – 26 January 2012) was a three-time Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He was the youngest chief minister of any state of India. He served from 9 April 1967 to 6 March 1968 and 17 March 1969 to 3 January 1974 and from 1985 to 1990^[2] He was thrice elected to the Lok Sabha from Pondicherry in 1991, 1996 and 1999 and served as a Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism during June 1991– December 1992. He participated in the struggle for liberation of Pondicherry as a student, during 1953–54 when Pondicherry was a French colony and served as a Member of the Central Haj Committee in Mumbai from 1975 to 2000.^[3] He was appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in September 2004.^[4]

In 2010, Farook was appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.^[5] He was appointed as Governor of Kerala on 25 August 2011.^[6][7] He took office on 8 September 2011, but died in office a few months later, on 26 January 2012 at 9:10pm at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, due to multiple myeloma and kidney and other ailments. He is the second governor who died in office, after Sikander Bakht, and is the shortest served governor of Kerala.^[8][9]

References

1. "New governor to take oath today". Times of India. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
2. "States of India since 1947 – Pondicherry (Puducherry)".
3. Farooq, Cgi Jeddah
4. http://www.indianembassy.org.sa/Ambassadors.html
5. Governor of Jharkhand, Rediff 16 January 2010
6. M.O.H Farooq to be new Kerala Governor, Asianet India 25 August 2011
7. "K Rosaiah, Ram Naresh Yadav named governors". Times of India. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
8. "Kerala Governor MOH Farook dies in Chennai". Daily Bhaskar. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
9. "Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile – SHRI M.O.H. Farook". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 20 January 2010.