M. O. H. Farook
| M. O. Hassan Farook Maricar எம். ஓ. ஹாசன் பாரூக் மரைக்காயர் |
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| Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry | |
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In office 1991–1998 |
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| 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 |
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In office 1999–2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | S. Arumugam |
| Succeeded by | M. Ramadass |
| Chief Minister of Pondicherry | |
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In office 9 April 1967 – 6 March 1968 |
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| Governor |
S. L. Silam, B. D. Jatti |
| Preceded by | V. Venkatasubha Reddiar |
| Succeeded by | V. Venkatasubha Reddiar |
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In office 17 March 1969 – 3 January 1974 |
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| Governor | B. D. Jatti, Chhedilal |
| Preceded by | Governor's rule |
| Succeeded by | Subramanyan Ramaswamy |
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In office 16 March 1985 – 19 January 1989 |
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| Governor | Tribhuvan Prasad Tiwary, Ranjit Singh Dyal |
| Preceded by | Governor's rule |
| Succeeded by | Governor's rule |
| Governor of Jharkhand | |
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In office 22 January 2010 – 4 September 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ahmed |
| Governor of Kerala | |
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In office 8 September 2011 – 26 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | R. S. Gavai |
| Succeeded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1937 Pondicherry, French 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 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. He was appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in September 2004.
Farook was appointed as Governor of Jharkhand in 2010 and of Kerala in 2011.
He died in office on 26 January 2012 at 9:10 pm 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. He was hospitalised for more than a month, and his condition deteriorated in the days preceding his death. As he was near death, additional charge was given to Karnataka Govenor H. R. Bharadwaj. In his absence, the flag hoisting ceremony of Republic Day of India in Thiruvananthapuram was conducted by the then Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy. He was buried with full state honours at Puducherry Juma Masjid.
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